Cell evolution and Earth history: Stasis and revolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1470, 2006, Pages 969-1006

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Eobacteria; Eukaryote origin; Glycobacteria; Neomura; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMMON ANCESTRY; EARTH; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; EOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; GLYCOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEOMURA; PROKARYOTA; THUJA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; EARTH (PLANET); EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33745468278     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1842     Document Type: Review

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