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Phylogenomic evidence for a common ancestor of mitochondria and the SAR11 clade.
Paper summary
Uses expanded genome sampling and phylogenomic analyses to investigate mitochondrial relationships, proposing a common ancestor with the SAR11 clade. The paper examines sensitivity to reconstruction methods and taxon choice.
Relevance to the project
Historical context for symbiosis and integrated higher-level individuals. Useful for boundary questions, with this particular ancestry claim kept distinct from the general endosymbiotic origin.
This is a historical phylogenetic proposal, not a claim of present consensus.
Source record
- Reference ID
- pmc-pmc3216501
- Archived version
- Publisher/repository PDF linked by Europe PMC; see source
- Summary provenance
- reference-library/papers/pmc-pmc3216501/metadata.json · summary
- Review status
- initial orientation summary; not a critical full-paper review
- Reading scope
- Selected abstract/opening and available closing discussion/conclusion passages in the preserved text extract; broader project notes provide context. No reproduction of experiments, exhaustive methods review, or equation/figure audit.