Evolutionary relationships between Archaea and eukaryotes

Simonetta Gribaldo (1) , Celine Brochier-Armanet (2)

1 Biologie Evolutive de la Cellule Microbienne - Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell
2 LBBE - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558

A phylogenomic re-analysis of sequence data strongly supports the emergence of eukaryotes from within the archaeal radiation and underlines the importance of using the most accurate approaches to reconstruct ancient divergences in the tree of life.

Mots clés: Evolution; Microbiology

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Simonetta Gribaldo, Celine Brochier-Armanet. Evolutionary relationships between Archaea and eukaryotes. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020, 4, pp.20-21. ⟨10.1038/s41559-019-1073-1⟩. ⟨pasteur-02445585⟩