Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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The composite tree of eukaryotes tells about the phylogenetic relationship between the organisms at the different level of evolutionary phases. The relationships between the super-groups of eukarya can be represented in the form of a phylogenetic tree. The tree which is formed after the determination of sequences of 16S (Swedberg unit) ribosomal RNA genes is referred as ribosomal RNA based tree.

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