Evidence that the root of the tree of life is not within the Archaea

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1648-1651

  Skophammer, Ryan G ^a   Herbold, Craig W ^a   Rivera, Maria C ^a   Servin, Jacqueline A ^a   Lake, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cenancestor; Indels; Root; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; LIFE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33748161692     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl046     Document Type: Article

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