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A genomic timescale for the origin of eukaryotes.
BMC evolutionary biology - 1 Jan 2001
Hedges S B, Chen H, Kumar S, Wang D Y, Thompson A S, Watanabe H
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BACKGROUND: Genomic sequence analyses have shown that horizontal gene transfer occurred during the origin of eukaryotes as a consequence of symbiosis. However, details of the timing and number of symbiotic events are unclear. A timescale for the early evolution of eukaryotes would help to better understand the relationship between these biological events and changes in Earth's environment, such as the rise in...
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