A Phylogenomic Census of Molecular Functions Identifies Modern Thermophilic Archaea as the Most Ancient Form of Cellular Life

The origins of diversified life remain mysterious despite considerable efforts devoted to untangling the roots of the universal tree of life. Here we reconstructed phylogenies that described the evolution of molecular functions and the evolution of species directly from a genomic census of gene onto...

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Main Authors: Arshan Nasir, Kyung Mo Kim, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/706468