The Relative Ages of Eukaryotes and Akaryotes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 228-239

  Penny, David ^a   Collins, Lesley J ^b   Daly, Toni K ^a,c   Cox, Simon J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Universal College of Learning   (New Zealand)

^c NorthTec   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Akaryotes (prokaryotes); Eukaryotes older; Exon intron old; Multiple centres of replication; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEON; BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SPLICEOSOME; TIME;

ARCHAEA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXONS; INTRONS; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SPLICEOSOMES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84914102260     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9643-y     Document Type: Article

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