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Universal Common Descent

Universal Common Descent is a scientific theory within evolutionary biology asserting that all extant organisms on Earth share a single common ancestral lineage from which they diverged through gradual genetic modification over geological time.

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2017–2026

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Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life

Satoshi Akanuma, Yoshiki Nakajima, Shin‐ichi Yokobori et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 197 citations · Full text

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A minimal estimate for the gene content of the last universal common ancestor—exobiology from a terrestrial perspective

Christos Ouzounis, Victor Kunin, Nikos Darzentas et al. · Research in Microbiology · 2005 · 151 citations

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Blacks, Black Indians, Afromexicans: the Dynamics of Race, Nation, and Identity in a Mexican Moreno Community (Guerrero)

Laura A. Lewis · American Ethnologist · 2000 · 149 citations · Full text

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Genome Data Shake Tree of Life

Elizabeth Pennisi · Science · 1998 · 125 citations

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OBLIGATE BROOD PARASITES AS SELECTIVE AGENTS FOR EVOLUTION OF EGG APPEARANCE IN PASSERINE BIRDS

Bård G. Stokke, Arne Moksnes, Eivin Røskaft · Evolution · 2002 · 124 citations · Full text

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Authors

67

  1. AM
    Arne Moksnes

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  2. ER
    Eivin Røskaft

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  3. JM
    James Mallet

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. BG
    Bård G. Stokke

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  5. SA
    Satoshi Akanuma

    Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan

    1 publications · 197 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    408 citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    188 citations

  3. Centre for Advanced Study

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

    Cold Spring Harbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  7. Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, Spain

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    3 publications · 158 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 272 citations

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  3. Nationalities Papers

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  4. Research in Microbiology

    2 publications · 164 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 159 citations

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