16/06/2026
🔬 A team led by Dr. Toni Gabaldón at the centre IRB Barcelona and the BSC-CNS reconstructs the genetic origin of the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes—the cellular lineage to which animals, plants, fungi, and protists belong.
The study challenges the idea that cellular complexity emerged from a single evolutionary encounter, pointing instead to a gradual process of interactions among different microorganisms that lasted for millions of years.
📝 The findings are published in Nature
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