Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
A free-living protist that lacks canonical eukaryotic DNA replication and segregation systems
D. E. Salas-Leiva, E. C. Tromer, B. A. Curtis…·A. J. Roger
This study identifies a free-living protist, Carpediemonas membranifera, that lacks canonical eukaryotic DNA replication and segregation systems, suggesting novel mechanisms for these processes.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-26077-2