Mapping the tree of life: Progress and prospects

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-576

  Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; TREE OF LIFE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71449100076     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00033-09     Document Type: Review

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