The common ancestor of archaea and eukarya was not an archaeon

Archaea

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Forterre, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CELL LINEAGE; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84890035918     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/372396     Document Type: Review

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