Molecular phylogeny: reconstructing the forest

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 332, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 171-182

  Lopez, Philippe ^a   Bapteste, Eric ^a  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome fluidity; Lateral gene transfers; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; PROKARYOTE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 61849126837     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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