Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell

All complex life on Earth is composed of ‘eukaryotic’ cells. Eukaryotes arose just once in 4 billion years, via an endosymbiosis — bacteria entered a simple host cell, evolving into mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of complex cells. Mitochondria lost most of their genes, retaining only those needed f...

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Main Author:	Nick Lane
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	World Scientific Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:	Molecular Frontiers Journal
Subjects:	Eukaryotes Mitochondria Bacteria Energy per Gene Complexity
Online Access:	http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2529732517400120

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description	All complex life on Earth is composed of ‘eukaryotic’ cells. Eukaryotes arose just once in 4 billion years, via an endosymbiosis — bacteria entered a simple host cell, evolving into mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of complex cells. Mitochondria lost most of their genes, retaining only those needed for respiration, giving eukaryotes ‘multi-bacterial’ power without the costs of maintaining thousands of complete bacterial genomes. These energy savings supported a substantial expansion in nuclear genome size, and far more protein synthesis from each gene.
topic	Eukaryotes Mitochondria Bacteria Energy per Gene Complexity
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Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell

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