The structure of microbial evolutionary theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-795

  Sapp, J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lateral gene transfer; Microbial evolution; Microbial phylogeny; Procaryote; Superkingdoms; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 36349001680     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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