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Figure 1: The three domains of life, showing how Thermoplasma acidophilum — the latest archaeon whose genome has been sequenced1 — fits into the evolutionary scheme of things.

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Cowan, D. Use your neighbour's genes. Nature 407, 466–467 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35035195

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