Genome history in the symbiotic hybrid Euglena gracilis

Gene

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Ahmadinejad, Nahal ^a   Dagan, Tal ^a   Martin, William ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic transfer; Genome evolution; Phylogenetic networks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLAGELLATE; GENOME; HYBRID; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA;

EID: 34548686553     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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