Origins of the machinery of recombination and sex

Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-141

  Cavalier Smith, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA ligase; DNA topoisomerase; Meiosis; RecA; Resolvase; Syngamy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; RECOMBINATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; TRANSPOSONS;

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; MEIOSIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 85047681854     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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