A molecular timescale of eukaryote evolution and the rise of complex multicellular life

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hedges, S Blair ^a   Blair, Jaime E ^a   Venturi, Maria L ^a   Shoe, Jason L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BILATERIA; BRYOPHYTA; CANDIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DIPLOMONADIDA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GIARDIA; MUCORALES; PLANTAE; PLECTOMYCETES; PORIFERA; PYRENOMYCETES; RHODOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCETES; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RED ALGA; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEINS; RHODOPHYTA; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 2942568227     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-2     Document Type: Article

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