Putative extremely long evolutionary stasis in bacteria might be explained by serial convergence
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Letter, Comment
PubMed
25902533
PubMed Central
PMC4443327
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1502924112
PII: 1502924112
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- MeSH
- Bacteria isolation & purification MeSH
- Biological Evolution * MeSH
- Sulfur metabolism MeSH
- Fossils microbiology MeSH
- Publication type
- Letter MeSH
- Comment MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Sulfur MeSH
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