Review
The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics
Author affiliations
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Citation and License
Genome Biology 2010, 11:209 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-5-209
Published: 5 May 2010Abstract
Phylogenomics of eukaryote supergroups suggest a highly complex last common ancestor of eukaryotes and a key role of mitochondrial endosymbiosis in the origin of eukaryotes.
