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Eukaryogenesis, the process which created the eukaryotic cell and lineage, is a milestone in the evolution of life, since eukaryotes include all complex cells and almost all multicellular organisms. The process is widely agreed to have involved symbiogenesis, in which archaea and bacteria came together to create the first eukaryotic common ancestor (FECA). This cell had a new level of complexity and capability, with a nucleus, at least one centriole and cilium, facultatively aerobic mitochondria, sex (meiosis and syngamy), a dormant cyst with a cell wall of chitin and/or cellulose and peroxisomes. It evolved into a population of single-celled organisms that included the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA), gaining capabilities along the way, though the sequence of the steps involved has been disputed, and may not have started with symbiogenesis. In turn, the LECA gave rise to the eukaryotes' crown group, containing the ancestors of animals, fungi, plants, and a diverse range of single-celled organisms. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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2023 Articles
2 618 articles
Integrating Phylogenetics With Intron Positions Illuminates the Origin of the Complex Spliceosome
- Julian Vosseberg, Daan Stolker, Samuel H A von der Dunk, …, Daan Stolker, Samuel H A von der Dunk, Berend Snel
- Mol Biol Evol, 10.1093/molbev/msad011
Prokaryotic membrane coat – like proteins: An update
- M Leticia Ferrelli, MatÃas L Pidre, Ruben GarcÃa DomÃnguez, …, DMarÃa Del Saz-Navarro, Carlos Santana-Molina, Damien P Devos
- J Struct Biol, 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.107987
The virome of the last eukaryotic common ancestor and eukaryogenesis
- Valerian V Dolja, Valerian V Dolja, Valerian V Dolja, …, Mart Krupovic, Valerian V Dolja, Eugene V Koonin
- Nat Microbiol, 10.1038/s41564-023-01378-y
Early origin and evolution of the FtsZ/tubulin protein family
- Carlos Santana-Molina, DMarÃa Del Saz-Navarro, Damien P Devos, Carlos Santana-Molina, DMarÃa Del Saz-Navarro, Damien P Devos
- None, 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1100249
Organellogenesis: Host proteins control symbiont cell divisions
- Filip Husnik, Filip Husnik, Filip Husnik
- Curr Biol, 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.028
Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages
- Jiarui Sun, Paul N Evans, Emma J Gagen, …, Tanja Woyke, Philip Hugenholtz, Christian Rinke
- None, 10.1038/s43705-021-00032-0
Pipeline for transferring annotations between proteins beyond globular domains
- Elizabeth MartÃnez-Pérez, Mátyás Pajkos, Silvio C E Tosatto, …, Toby J Gibson, Zsuzsanna Dosztanyi, Cristina Marino-Buslje
- Protein Sci, 10.1002/pro.4655
Helarchaeota and co-occurring sulfate-reducing bacteria in subseafloor sediments from the Costa Rica Margin
- Rui Zhao, Rui Zhao, Jennifer F Biddle
- None, 10.1038/s43705-021-00027-x
Cross-kingdom analyses of transmembrane protein kinases show their functional diversity and distinct origins in protists
- Zhiyuan Yin, Danyu Shen, Yaning Zhao, …, Hao Peng, Jinding Liu, Daolong Dou
- None, 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.08.007
2022 Articles
249 articles
Is an archaeon the ancestor of eukaryotes?
- Anja Spang, Anja Spang, Anja Spang, Anja Spang, Anja Spang
- Environ Microbiol, 10.1111/1462-2920.16323
Comparative Genomics for Evolutionary Cell Biology Using AMOEBAE: Understanding the Golgi and Beyond
- Lael D Barlow, William Maciejowski, Kiran More, …, Romana Vargová, KristÃna Záhonová, Joel B Dacks
- Methods Mol Biol, 10.1007/978-1-0716-2639-9_26
Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon
- Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira, Florian Wollweber, Rafael I Ponce-Toledo, …, Andreas Klingl, Martin Pilhofer, Christa Schleper
- Nature, 10.1038/s41586-022-05550-y
A bacterial Argonaute from Tepiditoga spiralis with the ability of RNA guided plasmid cleavage
- Xiaochen Xie, Longyu Wang, Lixin Ma, …, Xiaochen Xie, Longyu Wang, Lixin Ma
- Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.11.097
Draft Genome Sequences of 14 Fungal Species from Alternaria Section Infectoriae
- Michael R Fulcher, Gary C Bergstrom, Michael R Fulcher, …, Gary C Bergstrom, Michael R Fulcher, Gary C Bergstrom
- None, 10.1128/mra.01084-22
Viral origin of eukaryotic type IIA DNA topoisomerases
- Julien Guglielmini, Morgan Gaia, Violette Da Cunha, …, Alexis Criscuolo, Mart Krupovic, Patrick Forterre
- None, 10.1093/ve/veac097
How has horizontal gene transfer shaped the evolution of insect genomes?
- Liu Chao, Yang Li, Yun Chen, …, Jianhua Huang, Antonis Rokas, Xing-Xing Shen
- Environ Microbiol, 10.1111/1462-2920.16311
In vivo localization of iron starvation induced proteins under variable iron supplementation regimes in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
- Elena Kazamia, Jan Mach, Jeffrey B McQuaid, …, Andrew E Allen, Chris Bowler, Robert Sutak
- None, 10.1002/pld3.472
MycoCosm, the JGI’s Fungal Genome Portal for Comparative Genomic and Multiomics Data Analyses
- Steven R Ahrendt, Stephen J Mondo, Sajeet Haridas, …, Stephen J Mondo, Sajeet Haridas, Igor V Grigoriev
- Methods Mol Biol, 10.1007/978-1-0716-2871-3_14
Diversity and genomics of giant viruses in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
- Roxanna Farzad, Anh D Ha, Frank O Aylward, Roxanna Farzad, Anh D Ha, Frank O Aylward
- None, 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1021923