Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1177-1182

  Tekle, Yonas I ^a   Grant, Jessica R ^a   Kovner, Alexandra M ^a   Townsend, Jeffrey P ^b   Katz, Laura A ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; KOG; New molecular markers; Phylogenetic informativeness; Phylogeny; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

DATABASES, PROTEIN; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77953135378     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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