Nucleomorph genomes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2009, Pages 251-264

  Moore, Christa E ^a   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophytes; Cryptophytes; Endosymbiosis; Genome evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BASE PAIRING; CHLORARACHNIOPHYTE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYPTOPHYTA; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOMORPH; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ALGAE; ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAE, RED; CRYPTOPHYTA; GENOME;

EID: 73349134035     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134809     Document Type: Review

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