The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics.
Phylogenomics of eukaryote supergroups suggest a highly complex last common ancestor of eukaryotes and a key role of mitochondrial endosymbiosis in the origin of eukaryotes.
Koonin
Eugene V
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National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny