Horizontal Gene Transfer in Choanoflagellates

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Tucker, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; NERVE PROTEIN; TENASCIN; TENEURIN 1; TENEURIN-1;

ARTICLE; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOANOFLAGELLATA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENASCIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHOANOZOA; METAZOA; MONOSIGA BREVICOLLIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84871836229     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22480     Document Type: Article

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