Bit by bit: The darwinian basis of life

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Joyce, Gerald F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DARWINIAN EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; LIFE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

DNA; RNA;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; EARTH (PLANET); GENETIC FITNESS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84861548003     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001323     Document Type: Article

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