title: Molecular fossils probe life's origins. Research into molecular fossils and modern viruses is shedding light on the evolution of archaea, prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics*; D005580:Fossils; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics*