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The search for our origins goes back to a single common ancestor — one that remains shrouded in mystery. It’s the ancestor of everything we know and today scientists call it the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol2016116
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Click to access Moreira-LUCA.pdf
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