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Evolutionary relationships between Archaea and eukaryotes

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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.

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Fig. 1: Unrooted trees of life showing two alternative scenarios on the evolutionary relationships between eukaryotes and archaea.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Unit “Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell”, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    Simonetta Gribaldo

  2. Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR 5558, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France

    Céline Brochier-Armanet

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Gribaldo, S., Brochier-Armanet, C. Evolutionary relationships between Archaea and eukaryotes. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 20–21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1073-1

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