The timing of early cellular evolution, from the divergence of Archaea and Bacteria to the origin of eukaryotes, is poorly constrained. The ATP synthase complex is thought to have originated prior to the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) and analyses of ATP synthase genes, together with ribosomes, have played a key role in inferring and rooting the tree of life. We reconstruct the evolutionary history of ATP synthases using an expanded taxon sampling set and develop a phylogenetic cross-bracing approach, constraining equivalent speciation nodes to be contemporaneous, based on the phylogenetic imprint of endosymbioses and ancient gene duplications. This approach results in a highly resolved, dated species tree and establishes an absolute...
Eukaryotes are traditionally considered to be one of the three natural divisions of the tree of life...
<div><p>The origin of metabolism has been linked to abiotic chemistries that existed in our planet a...
AbstractLife arose in a world without oxygen and the first organisms were anaerobes. Here we investi...
<div><p>Bacteria and archaea are characterized by an amazing metabolic diversity, which allows them ...
Bacteria and archaea are characterized by an amazing metabolic diversity, which allows them to persi...
Eukaryogenesis, the origin of the eukaryotic cell, represents one of the fundamental evolutionary tr...
Woese and Fox's 1977 paper on the discovery of the Archaea triggered a revolution in the field of ev...
The origin of eukaryotes and their evolutionary relationship with the Archaea is a major biological ...
Chloroplasts and mitochondria descended from bacterial ancestors, but the dating of these primary en...
Compared with prokaryotes, eukaryotic cells are tremendously complex. Eukaryotic cells are larger, c...
International audienceUnderstanding early evolution is a major challenge for the post-genomic era. A...
The origin of metabolism has been linked to abiotic chemistries that existed in our planet at the be...
Two major obstacles hinder the application of evolutionary theory to the origin of eukaryotes. The f...
The origin of the eukaryotes remains one of the most contentious puzzles in evolution. In the late 1...
AbstractThe phylogenetic distribution of divergently related protein families into the three domains...
Eukaryotes are traditionally considered to be one of the three natural divisions of the tree of life...
<div><p>The origin of metabolism has been linked to abiotic chemistries that existed in our planet a...
AbstractLife arose in a world without oxygen and the first organisms were anaerobes. Here we investi...
<div><p>Bacteria and archaea are characterized by an amazing metabolic diversity, which allows them ...
Bacteria and archaea are characterized by an amazing metabolic diversity, which allows them to persi...
Eukaryogenesis, the origin of the eukaryotic cell, represents one of the fundamental evolutionary tr...
Woese and Fox's 1977 paper on the discovery of the Archaea triggered a revolution in the field of ev...
The origin of eukaryotes and their evolutionary relationship with the Archaea is a major biological ...
Chloroplasts and mitochondria descended from bacterial ancestors, but the dating of these primary en...
Compared with prokaryotes, eukaryotic cells are tremendously complex. Eukaryotic cells are larger, c...
International audienceUnderstanding early evolution is a major challenge for the post-genomic era. A...
The origin of metabolism has been linked to abiotic chemistries that existed in our planet at the be...
Two major obstacles hinder the application of evolutionary theory to the origin of eukaryotes. The f...
The origin of the eukaryotes remains one of the most contentious puzzles in evolution. In the late 1...
AbstractThe phylogenetic distribution of divergently related protein families into the three domains...
Eukaryotes are traditionally considered to be one of the three natural divisions of the tree of life...
<div><p>The origin of metabolism has been linked to abiotic chemistries that existed in our planet a...
AbstractLife arose in a world without oxygen and the first organisms were anaerobes. Here we investi...