Eukaryogenesis was about more than a proteobacterium hitching a lift with an archaeon. Genes from other kinds of bacteria came along for the ride, stitched together with viruses. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phylogenomic reconstruction of the proteome of the last eukaryotic common ancestor sheds light on the origin of eukaryotes, indicating an important role of horizontal transfer of genes from diverse ba...
