The Turbulent Network Dynamics of Microbial Evolution and the Statistical Tree of Life

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 244-250

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolvability; Horizontal gene transfer; Microbial evolution; Muller s ratchet; Phylogenetic trees

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84931566278     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9679-7     Document Type: Review

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