Tree of life (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

Tree of life

Caption

The tree of life contains three major branches—bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. Proposed locations for LUCA and LECA are shown. LUCA, last universal common ancestor; LECA, last eukaryotic common ancestor. Adapted from Spang et al. (2022).

Credit

Anja Spang

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