Endosymbiotic theories for eukaryote origin

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1678, 2015, Pages

  Martin, William F ^a   Garg, Sriram ^a   Zimorski, Verena ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Endosymbiosis; Eukaryotes; Mitochondria; Nucleus; Plastids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOENERGETICS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PROKARYOTE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

CELL ORGANELLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; ORGANELLES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84940703128     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0330     Document Type: Review

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