Archaea: The First Domain of Diversified Life

The study of the origin of diversified life has been plagued by technical and conceptual difficulties, controversy, and apriorism. It is now popularly accepted that the universal tree of life is rooted in the akaryotes and that Archaea and Eukarya are sister groups to each other. However, evolutiona...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Arshan Nasir, Kaiyue Zhou, Derek Caetano-Anollés, Jay E. Mittenthal, Feng-Jie Sun, Kyung Mo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/590214