What genomes have to say about the evolution of the Earth

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 483-494

  Boussau, Bastien ^a,b   Gouy, Manolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Geology; Metabolism; Oxygen; Phylogeny; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856210672     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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