Response to Dagan and Martin [1]

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-614

  Poole, Anthony M ^a   Penny, David ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MITOCHONDRIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34250211404     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20577     Document Type: Letter

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