Evidence for Sex and Recombination in the Choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2176-2180

  Levin, Tera C ^a   King, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOANOFLAGELLATA; DIPLOIDY; HAPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027927620     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.061     Document Type: Article

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