title: The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
authors.forename: Eugene V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Koonin
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny