"Bioplutonism" and the evolutionary implications of beneficial genes from another biosphere

BioSystems

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Emery, Richard ^a  

^a Olympic College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioplutonism; Bioplutons; Deep hot biosphere; Genetically transposable elements; Geological catastrophism; Global mass extinctions; Macroevolution; Neo Darwinism; Thomas Gold

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE; MICROORGANISM; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 24644451171     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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