The very early evolution of biological complexity

All extant life is descended from a common ancestor, which, despite being very ancient, appears to have been a complex cellular organism. A new study by Moody et al. shows that this ancestor was not only a complex cell, but also lived within a microbial ecology likely inhabited by other complex cell...

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Published in:	Trends in genetics Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 912 - 913
Main Authors:	Goldman, Aaron D., Fournier, Gregory P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-11-2024
Subjects:	ancient ecology ancient metabolism last universal common ancestor molecular clocks tree reconciliation ancient metabolism last universal common ancestor tree reconciliation ancient ecology molecular clocks
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Summary:	All extant life is descended from a common ancestor, which, despite being very ancient, appears to have been a complex cellular organism. A new study by Moody et al. shows that this ancestor was not only a complex cell, but also lived within a microbial ecology likely inhabited by other complex cells. All extant life is descended from a common ancestor, which, despite being very ancient, appears to have been a complex cellular organism. A new study by Moody et al. shows that this ancestor was not only a complex cell, but also lived within a microbial ecology likely inhabited by other complex cells.
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ISSN:	0168-9525
DOI:	10.1016/j.tig.2024.09.001