The archaeal concept and the world it lives in: A retrospective

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 361-372

  Woese, Carl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

archaea; evolution; genomics; molecular phylogeny; phylogenetic reconstruction; ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA;

EID: 3042847118     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000030445.04503.e6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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