Division of labour in a matrix, rather than phagocytosis or endosymbiosis, as a route for the origin of eukaryotic cells
Abstract Two apparently irreconcilable models dominate research into the origin of eukaryotes. In one model, amitochondrial proto-eukaryotes emerged autogenously from the last universal common ancestor of all cells. Proto-eukaryotes subsequently acquired mitochondrial progenitors by the phagocytic c...
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| Language: | English |
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2020-04-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-020-00260-9 |