Uniting sex and eukaryote origins in an emerging oxygenic world

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Theories about eukaryote origins (eukaryogenesis) need to provide unified explanations for the emergence of diverse complex features that define this lineage. Models that propose a prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition are gridlocked be...

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Main Authors: Gross Jeferson, Bhattacharya Debashish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/5/1/53