Integrating horizontal gene transfer and common descent to depict evolution and contrast it with "common design" 1

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Paz Y MiÑo C , Guillermo ^a   Espinosa, Avelina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design creationism; Entamoeba; Integrative model; Lateral evolution; Reticulated patterns of unicellular life

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACETALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; COEXISTENCE; COMMON ANCESTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; IRON; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 73349117773     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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