Healing the tree of life with lateral gene transfers;Les transferts horizontaux de gènes et l'arbre de la vie

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 695-698

  Daubin, Vincent ^a   Abby, Sophie ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84866606196     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2012288007     Document Type: Article

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