The mysterious evolutionary origin for the GNE gene and the root of bilateria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2987-2991

  De Mendoza, Alex ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acoels; lateral gene transfer; metazoan phylogeny; molecular markers; UDP GlcNAc 2 epimerase N acetylmannosamine kinase; Xenoturbella

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BILATERIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; XENOTURBELLA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INVERTEBRATES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

ACOELOMORPHA; BILATERIA; CHAETOGNATHA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; XENOTURBELLA;

EID: 80155198843     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr142     Document Type: Article

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