Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes
Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes
Yang Liu,K. Makarova,10 Authors,Meng Li
2021 · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03494-3
Nature · 248 Citations
TLDR
A comparative analysis of 162 complete or nearly complete genomes of Asgard archaea results in six newly proposed phyla, including a deep branch that is provisionally named Wukongarchaeota, and sheds light on the evolutionary history of this clade.