Integrated genomic and fossil evidence illuminates life’s early evolution and eukaryote origin

2018/08/16 by Holly C. Betts, Mark N. Puttick, James Clark +4 · 400 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biology #Eukaryote #Evolutionary biology #Fossil Record #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Human evolution #Paleontology #Protist diversity and phylogeny

paper · open access · doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0644-x

published in Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(10), 1556-1562 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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• Last universal common ancestor [wikipedia]