Cancer tumors as Metazoa 1.0: Tapping genes of ancient ancestors

Physical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Davies, P C W ^a   Lineweaver, C H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; METAZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOPLASM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79951873316     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/8/1/015001     Document Type: Article

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