Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
An ectosymbiosis-based mechanism of eukaryogenesis
J. T.-F. Wong, X. Long, H. Xue, C.-K. Chan
This paper proposes an ectosymbiosis-based mechanism for eukaryogenesis, identifying specific prokaryotic contributors and showing a decrease in prokaryote-derived gene ratios from Microsporidia to mitochondriate eukaryotes.
DOI 10.18103/mra.v11i1.3365