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Deep phylogeny, ancestral groups and the four ages of life

Organismal phylogeny depends on cell division, stasis, mutational divergence, cell mergers (by sex or symbiogenesis), lateral gene transfer and death. The tree of life is a useful metaphor for organismal genealogical history provided we recognize that branches sometimes fuse. Hennigian cladistics em...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cavalier-Smith, Thomas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20008390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0161