An estimate of the deepest branches of the tree of life from ancient vertically-evolving genes
E. R. R. Moody, T. A. Mahendrarajah, N. Dombrowski, J. W. Clark, C. Petitjean, P. Offre, G. J. Szöllosi, A. Spang, T. A. Williams
The paper estimates the deepest branches of the tree of life by analyzing marker genes and shows that current methods underestimate the Archaea-Bacteria branch length due to substitutional saturation and poor model fit.
bioRxiv · Jan 19, 2021Evolutionary Biology