Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Evidence supporting a viral origin of the eukaryotic nucleus
The paper supports the Viral Eukaryogenesis hypothesis by showing the m7G capping apparatus, key to eukaryotic transcription-translation uncoupling, is present in Mimiviridae viruses and absent in Lokiarchaeota, suggesting a viral origin for the eukaryotic nucleus.
DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198168