LUCApedia: A database for the study of ancient life

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue D1, 2013, Pages

  Goldman, Aaron David ^a   Bernhard, Tess M ^a   Dolzhenko, Egor ^b   Landweber, Laura F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; GENETIC DATABASE; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LIFE HISTORY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEB BROWSER;

BIOGENESIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTERNET; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84876582546     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1217     Document Type: Article

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