Universal species concept: Pipe dream or a step toward unifying biology?

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1331-1336

  Staley, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogenomic; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species concepts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLADISTICS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; TREE OF LIFE; UNIVERSAL SPECIES CONCEPT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70350244424     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0642-8     Document Type: Review

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