Planctomycetes and eukaryotes: A case of analogy not homology

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 810-817

  Mcinerney, James O ^a   Martin, William F ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^c   Allen, John F ^d   Galperin, Michael Y ^c   Lane, Nick ^e   Archibald, John M ^f   Embley, T Martin ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eukaryote origins; Horizontal gene transfer; Phylogeny reconstruction; Planctomycetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANCTOMYCETE; PROKARYOTE; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDIA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETALES; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; EUKARYOTA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84860388895     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100045     Document Type: Article

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