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Nature 440, 623-630 (30 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04546
Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges
T. Martin Embley1 & William Martin2
Abstract
The idea that some eukaryotes primitively lacked mitochondria and were true intermediates in the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition was an exciting prospect. It spawned major advances in understanding anaerobic and parasitic eukaryotes and those with previously overlooked mitochondria. But the evolutionary gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is now deeper, and the nature of the host that acquired the mitochondrion more obscure, than ever before.
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