Dating Alphaproteobacteria evolution with eukaryotic fossils

Sishuo Wang; Haiwei Luo

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23645-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Dating Alphaproteobacteria evolution with eukaryotic fossils

Sishuo Wang,
Haiwei Luo

Affiliations

Sishuo Wang: Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Haiwei Luo: Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23645-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Dating early bacterial evolution is challenging due to the limited bacterial fossil record. Here Wang and Luo use the close evolutionary relationship between Alphaproteobacteria and mitochondria to leverage the eukaryotic fossil record in dating Alphaproteobacteria origin and diversification.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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