The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system

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“The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system”

AuthorsEdmund R R Moody et al.

Edmund R. R. Moody, Davide Pisani, Tom A. Williams, Timothy M. Lenton, Philip C. J. Donoghue

JournalNature Ecology & Evolution

University of Bristol

Citations169

DOI10.1038/s41559-024-02461-1

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Topics

last universal common ancestor (LUCA) · Divergence time estimation · pre-LUCA gene duplicates · cross-bracing calibration · microbial fossils · isotope records · phylogenetic reconciliation · genome size estimation · prokaryote-grade organism · anaerobic acetogen · early immune system · hydrogen recycling · atmospheric photochemistry · early ecosystem productivity · microbial community interactions · 4.2 Ga age estimate · core metabolism reconstruction · geochemistry dependence · Archean Earth system

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