The tree of life: Introduction to an evolutionary debate

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-453

  O'Malley, Maureen A ^a   Martin, William ^b   Dupré, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lateral gene transfer; Multidisciplinarity; Phylogeny; Prokaryote evolution; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77956010719     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9208-4     Document Type: Article

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