The composite tree is based on work from many different laboratories and is summarized elswhere; no single data set supports all branches. Polytomies indicate uncertainty in the branching order ...
The latest Virtual Issue from Genome Biology and Evolution highlights articles that provide new insight into the deep evolutionary relationships among extant organisms and the origin of eukaryotes ...
The emergence of eukaryotic cells is considered as a critical biological evolutionary event on Earth. The origin of eukaryotes and eukaryosis are frontier issues in both life and Earth sciences.