The Universal Ancestor and the Ancestor of Bacteria Were Hyperthermophiles

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-730

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancestral sequences; Hot bacteria ancestor; Hot LUCA; Maximum likelihood; Origin of life; Thermophily index; Unrooted tree LUCA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LAST UNIVERSAL COMMON ANCESTOR SEQUENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE ROOT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOPHILY INDEX;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; VALINE-TRNA LIGASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0346104820     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2522-6     Document Type: Article

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