The changing view of eukaryogenesis - fossils, cells, lineages and how they all come together

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 129, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 3695-3703

  Dacks, Joel B ^a   Field, Mark C ^b   Buick, Roger ^c   Eme, Laura ^d   Gribaldo, Simonetta ^e   Roger, Andrew J ^d   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^f   Devos, Damien P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^g UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archaeogenesis; Chemical fossil; Endosymbiosis; Eukaryogenesis; Evolution; First eukaryotic common ancestor; Last eukaryotic common ancestor; Molecular dating; Molecular fossil

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELL; TIME FACTOR;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84995481631     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.178566     Document Type: Note

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