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LifeGut microbe may challenge textbook on complex cells
Science may finally have found a complex eukaryote cell that has lost all of its mitochondria.
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PhysicsMicroswimmers make a splash
Researchers study secrets of microbes' locomotion and how to mimic that movement.
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The tree of life, with tangled roots
Two ancient, rudimentary organisms merged to create the first complex cell, new data suggest.
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They’re Sequencing a What?
Announcements of new targets for genome sequencing are bringing celebrity to lesser-known twigs on the tree of life.
By Susan Milius -
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ChemistryOldest evidence for complex life in doubt
Chemical biomarkers in ancient Australian rocks, once thought to be the oldest known evidence of complex life on Earth, may have infiltrated long after the sediments were laid down, new analyses suggest.
By Sid Perkins -
LifeDissing a loaded label for some unicellular life
Prominent biologist calls ‘prokaryote’ outdated term.
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Bacterial cells reveal skeletal structures
The finding of a cytoskeleton in Bacillus subtilis bacteria eliminates a fundamental difference between bacteria and higher (eukaryotic) cells.
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