On the Origin of Mitosing Cells

Selected reading: Proposed symbiotic partners and exchanges.

How to study this source

• Where did complex cells come from?

  coreProposed symbiotic partners and exchanges

  Reconstruct the proposed symbiotic partners and the traces their union should leave.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

• The Energetics of Genome Complexity

  Nick Lane · William Martin. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Complex Archaea that Bridge the Gap Between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

  Anja Spang et al.. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Asgard Archaea Illuminate the Origin of Eukaryotic Cellular Complexity

  Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al.. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Isolation of an Archaeon at the Prokaryote–Eukaryote Interface

  Hiroyuki Imachi et al.. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Archaea and the Origin of Eukaryotes

  Laura Eme et al.. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.