Carl Woese's vision of cellular evolution and the domains of life

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-204

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIOMEDICINE; CELLS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE POOL; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; TREE OF LIFE;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84897008098     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.27673     Document Type: Article

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