Prokaryotic sex: Eukaryote-like qualities of recombination in an Archaean lineage

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Cohan, Frederick M ^a   Aracena, Stephanie ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864597259     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.052     Document Type: Short Survey

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