The origin of eukaryotes is one of the key problems in evolutionary biology. The demonstration that the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) already contained the mitochondrion—an endosymbiotic organelle derived from […]
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A Close Unicellular Relative Reveals Aggregative Multicellularity Was Key To The Evolution Of Animals
How animals evolved complex multicellularity from their unicellular ancestors remains unanswered.
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Machine Learning Helps Construct An Evolutionary Timeline Of Bacteria
University of Queensland scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.