The network of life: Genome beginnings and evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1527, 2009, Pages 2169-2175

  Ragan, Mark A ^a   Mclnerney, James O ^b   Lake, James A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Department of MCD Biology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of developmental pathways; Evolution of viruses; Genome origins; Lateral genetic transfer; Network of life; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS; VIRUS;

EID: 67651046208     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0046     Document Type: Review

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