Computational and phylogenetic validation of nematode horizontal gene transfer

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Scholl, Elizabeth H ^a   Bird, David M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CELLULASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79951811845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-9     Document Type: Note

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