The root of the eukaryote tree pinpointed

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Stechmann, Alexandra ^a   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SARCODINA;

EID: 0041919404     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00602-X     Document Type: Note

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