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The origin and evolution of model organisms
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The phylogeny and timescale of life are becoming better understood as the analysis of genomic data from model organisms continues to grow. As a result, discoveries are being made about the early history of life and the origin and development of complex multicellular life. This emerging comparative framework and the emphasis on historical patterns is helping to bridge barriers among organism-based research communities.
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- Authors
- Hedges, S. B.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hedges, S. Blair
- ORCID
- Hedges, S. Blair
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 838-849
- ISSN
- 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0064
- OpenAlex
- W2118025286
- Semantic Scholar
- 862571824f8482780d0884d28274f54a62ec611f
- Cited by
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- FWCI
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Nature Reviews Genetics (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Keywords
- model organisms, origin of multicellularity, phylogeny, comparative genomics
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Archaea, Bacteria, Chronology as Topic, Biological Evolution, Fungi, Humans, Models, Biological, Phylogeny, Plants, Eukaryota
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