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Conflict and cooperation in eukaryogenesis: implications for the timing of endosymbiosis and the evolution of sex.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface - 6 Oct 2015
Radzvilavicius Arunas L, Blackstone Neil W
Abstract excerpt
Roughly 1.5-2.0 Gya, the eukaryotic cell evolved from an endosymbiosis of an archaeal host and proteobacterial symbionts. The timing of this endosymbiosis relative to the evolution of eukaryotic features remains subject to considerable debate, yet the evolutionary process itself constrains the timing of these events. Endosymbiosis entailed levels-of-selection conflicts, and mechanisms of conflict mediation had to...
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