The origin of eukaryotes: a reappraisal.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on April 12, 2007

Authors

Christian de Duve1

Author Affiliations

1: Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP), 75 Avenue Hippocrate, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. deduve@icp.ucl.ac.be

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