UC San Diego-led Study Finds Close Evolutionary Proximity Between Microbial Domains in the 'Tree of Life'
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
A comprehensive analysis of 10,575 genomes as part of a multi-national study led by researchers at UC San Diego has revealed close evolutionary proximity between the microbial domains at the base of the tree of life, the branching pattern of evolution described by Charles Darwin more than 160 years ago in his book, On the Origin of Species.