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    Last universal common ancestor
    The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and...
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  • First universal common ancestor
    Its descendents include the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) and every modern cell. FUCA would also be the ancestor of ancient sister lineages of...
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  • Most recent common ancestor
    biology and genetic genealogy, the most recent common ancestor (MRCA), also known as the last common ancestor (LCA), of a set of organisms is the most recent...
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  • Common descent
    descendants of a unique ancestor commonly referred to as the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of all life on Earth. Common descent is an effect of...
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    Eukaryogenesis (redirect from Last eukaryotic common ancestor)
    on Earth once it had cooled enough for oceans to form. The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) was an organism which had ribosomes and the genetic code;...
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    Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (section Last universal common ancestor)
    genomes of a set of bacteria and archaea suggested that the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of all cells was using an ancient Wood–Ljungdahl pathway...
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  • Autocatalytic set (section Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA))
    the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all extant life. This is a serious error resulting from failure to recognize that L refers to the last common ancestor...
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    History of Earth (section Last universal common ancestor)
    being the last universal common ancestor, there were populations of organisms exchanging genes by lateral gene transfer. The Proterozoic eon lasted from 2...
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  • Robert Rosen (biologist) (section Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA))
    the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all extant life. This is a serious error resulting from failure to recognize that L refers to the last common ancestor...
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    Chemoton (section Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA))
    the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all extant life. This is a serious error resulting from failure to recognize that L refers to the last common ancestor...
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