Extensive lateral gene transfer between proto-eukaryotes and Heimdallarchaeia suggests their close association during eukaryogenesis
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It has been proposed by Ettema and colleagues, in the two-domain framework for the tree of life, that Eukarya emerged from Heimdallarchaeia, as sister group to Hodarchaeales. Looking at the individual trees of the protein markers used by these authors, I notic... ...