Transitional Microbes Point the Way to Complex Cell Origins
TL;DR
A wave of new studies identifies rare transitional microbes, such as Lokiarchaeum ossiferum, that bridge simple cells and complex eukaryotic cells, offering clues to how cells with nuclei and mitochondria evolved about two billion years ago.
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