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Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought

Asgard archaea, our closest known microbial relatives, play a key role in current models of the origin of more complex organisms, known as eukaryotes (all animals, plants, protists and fungi). However, their biology has so far been poorly understood.

Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought
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Asgard archaea, our closest known microbial relatives, play a key role in current models of the origin of more complex organisms, known as eukaryotes (all animals, plants, protists and fungi). However, their biology has so far been poorly understood.

Originally published at Phys.org

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