Horizontal transfer of functional nuclear genes between multicellular organisms

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Pierce, Sidney K ^a   Massey, Steven E ^a   Hanten, Jeffrey J ^a   Curtis, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038718514     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543594     Document Type: Article

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