Molecular Evolution and the First Living Beings

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Published: Dec 1, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.2013.3.1.26
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Life and evolution , Last universal ancester, Origins

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Arturo Becerra Bracho
Biology, Faculty of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Scientific Research Circuit S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.

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The awareness that genomes are extraordinarily rich historical documents from which a wealth of evolutionary information can be retrieved has widened the range of phylogenetic and evolutionary studies to previously unsuspected heights. The de-velopment of efficient nucleic acid sequencing techniques, which now allows the rapid sequencing of complete cellular genomes, combined with the simultaneous and independent blossoming of computer science, has led not only to an explosive growth of databases and new sophisticated tools for their exploitation, but also has provided a unique view of the origin and early evolu-tion of life, especially on the characterization of the Last Univer-sal common Ancestor and the reconstruction of the evolutionary processes of the eukaryotic cells.

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Becerra Bracho, A. (2013). Molecular Evolution and the First Living Beings. Paleontología Mexicana, 3(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.2013.3.1.26
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013): Paleontología Mexicana
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Palaeozoology
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