The discovery of the Asgard archaea changed the story of the emergence of the eukaryotes! 

In this week's GENUS PING, SoRi La from the Evolutionary Studies Institute, to learn how a new hypothesis of the emergence of eukaryotes has been derived based on the discovery of Asgard archaea, a prokaryotic lineage thought to be the closest ancestor to eukaryotes!
A special thank you to SoRi La from the Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand.
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