The ring of life hypothesis for eukaryote origins is supported by multiple kinds of data

The literature is replete with manuscripts describing the origin of eukaryotic cells. Most of the models for eukaryogenesis are either autogenous (sometimes called slow-drip), or symbiogenic (sometimes called big-bang). In this article, we use large and diverse suites of ‘Omics' and other data...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2015-09, Vol.370 (1678), p.20140323-20140323
Main Authors: McInerney, James, Pisani, Davide, O'Connell, Mary J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaea - genetics
Bacteria - genetics
Eukaryote
Eukaryotic Cells
Evolution, Molecular
Fusion
Hybrid
Merger
Phylogeny
Review
Ring Of Life
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Summary:The literature is replete with manuscripts describing the origin of eukaryotic cells. Most of the models for eukaryogenesis are either autogenous (sometimes called slow-drip), or symbiogenic (sometimes called big-bang). In this article, we use large and diverse suites of ‘Omics' and other data to make the inference that autogeneous hypotheses are a very poor fit to the data and the origin of eukaryotic cells occurred in a single symbiosis.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.2014.0323