This research is far from my expertise, so please forgive the naive question but does this mean that Lynn Margulis was wrong?
Justine Karst 🇨🇦
Our paper "Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis.” is finally out in Nature.
Eukaryogenesis was likely a gradual process shaped by multiple microbial partners and virus-mediated gene transfer, rather than a single binary symbiosis.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...