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SW VandeCarr
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I'm wondering if the issue of bacteria and archaea having a single last universal common ancestor (LUCA) with eukarya diverging later, or all three having distinct common ancestors, has been clarified. I've seen a number of texts indicating the eukarya diverged much later, but also some indicating much earlier origin of eukarya.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n10/fig_tab/nrmicro2426_F1.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3855935/
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n10/fig_tab/nrmicro2426_F1.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3855935/
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