Looking in the right direction Carl Woese and evolutionary biology

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-253

  Goldenfeld, Nigel ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Carl Woese; Evolution; Genetic code; Horizontal gene transfer; Molecular phylogeny; Progenote; Ribosome

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MATHEMATICS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGENOTE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREE OF LIFE; BIOGENESIS; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84925282676     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.28640     Document Type: Review

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