The Last Universal Common Ancestor: emergence, constitution and genetic legacy of an elusive forerunner
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* Corresponding author: Bernard Labedan bernard.labedan@igmors.u-psud.fr
Biology Direct 2008, 3:29 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-3-29
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The fundamental units, processes and patterns of evolution, and the Tree of Life conundrum Eugene V Koonin, Yuri I Wolf Biology Direct 2009, 4:33 (29 September 2009) This article is part of a collection on Evolutionary Biology 150... A tree is a natural representation of evolution owing to the inherent tree-like character of the replication process but the fundamental units of evolution amenable to tree analysis seem to be individual genetic elements rather than complete genomes.
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Structural analysis of polarizing indels: an emerging consensus on the root of the tree of life Ruben E Valas, Philip E Bourne Biology Direct 2009, 4:30 (25 August 2009) This article is part of a collection on Evolutionary Biology 150... The disparate rootings of the tree of life by Cavalier-Smith and Lake et al. converge on a single root when polarizable indels are analyzed using protein structure.
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On the need for widespread horizontal gene transfers under genome size constraint Hervé Isambert, Richard R Stein Biology Direct 2009, 4:28 (25 August 2009) This article is part of a collection on Evolutionary Biology 150... |
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Armen Y Mulkidjanian, Michael Y Galperin Biology Direct 2009, 4:27 (24 August 2009) The relatively high zinc content of living cells and its role as cofactor in many key enzymes and RNA structures might reflect the origin of life in zinc-rich environments.
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