Rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 93-96

  David, Lawrence A ^a   Alm, Eric J ^a,b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; OXYGEN;

ARCHEAN; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; ELECTRON; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX POTENTIAL;

ANALYZER; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650987950     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09649     Document Type: Article

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