Some considerations for analyzing biodiversity using integrative metagenomics and gene networks

Biology Direct

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bittner, Lucie ^a   Halary, Sébastien ^b   Payri, Claude ^c   Cruaud, Corinne ^d   de Reviers, Bruno ^a   Lopez, Philippe ^b   Bapteste, Eric ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77955075362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-5-47     Document Type: Article

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