Search for a 'Tree of Life' in the thicket of the phylogenetic forest
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparative genomics has revealed extensive horizontal gene transfer among prokaryotes, a development that is often considered to undermine the 'tree of life' concept. However, the possibility remains that a statistical cen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Biology |
Online Access: | http://jbiol.com/content/8/6/59 |