Where is the root of the universal tree
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Patrick Forterre; HervΓ© Philippe
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The currently accepted universal tree of life based on molecular phylogenies is characterised by a prokaryotic root and the sisterhood of archaea and eukaryotes. The recent discovery that each domain (bacteria, archaea, and eucarya) represents a mosaic of the two others in terms of its gene content