The dynamic nature of genomes across the tree of life

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 482-488

  Oliverio, Angela M ^a   Katz, Laura A ^a,b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genome; Life cycle variation; LUCA; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DEINOCOCCUS; EPIGENETICS; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE VARIATION; LUCA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW;

EPIGENETICS; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE VARIATION; LUCA; POLYPLOIDY;

BACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84902978156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu024     Document Type: Review

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