Gene and genome trees conflict at many levels

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1527, 2009, Pages 2209-2219

  Haggerty, Leanne S ^a   Martin, Fergal J ^a   Fitzpatrick, David A ^b   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Phylogeny; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67651067964     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0042     Document Type: Article

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