A rooted phylogeny resolves early bacterial evolution
G. A. Coleman, A. A. Davin, T. Mahendrarajah, A. A. Spang, P. Hugenholtz, G. J. Szöllosi, T. A. Williams
The paper infers a rooted bacterial phylogeny using gene duplication, transfer, and loss events, revealing a basal split between Terrabacteria and Gracilicutes and rejecting a root between CPR and other Bacteria.
bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2020Evolutionary Biology