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A new study published in Nature rethinks the dominant explanation for the origin of eukaryotic cells, suggesting it was a longer, more gradual, and more collaborative process involving other bacterial groups and giant viruses.
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IRB Barcelona, Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS)
Who
Dr. Toni Gabaldón, Moisès Bernabeu, Saioa Manzano-Morales, Marina Marcet-Houben
What
A new study published in Nature rethinks the dominant explanation for the origin of eukaryotic cells, suggesting it was a longer, more gradual, and more collaborative process involving other bacterial groups and giant viruses.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:40:09 GMT · 4h 53m ago
Where
IRB Barcelona, Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) ·
Why
For decades, the dominant explanation for the origin of eukaryotic cells has focused on the acquisition of the mitochondrion as the ultimate turning point, but new genomic analysis suggests this narrative is incomplete.
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How this affects you
This research fundamentally reinterprets a key episode in the history of life, proposing a more complex and collaborative origin for the cells that make up animals, plants, fungi, and protists, which could reshape our understanding of biological evolution.
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- Health & Science4h 53m agoA new study published in Nature rethinks the dominant explanation for the origin of eukaryotic cells, suggesting it was a longer, more gradual, and more collaborative process involving other bacterial groups and giant viruses.Open article
- Health & Science4h 53m agoA new study published in Nature rethinks the view that the acquisition of the mitochondrion was the ultimate turning point in the origin of complex cells, suggesting it was a longer, more gradual, and more collaborative process.Open article
- Health & Science4h 53m agoA new study led by Dr. Toni Gabaldón published in Nature suggests that the origin of complex cells was a longer, more gradual, and more collaborative process than previously thought, involving other bacterial groups and giant viruses.Open article