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Fungi are eukaryotes, so the missing link from fungi to the rest of the world has to be closer to archaea or animalia than bacteria, right? I assumed that molec
by andrewflnr 6y ago
Fungi are eukaryotes, so the missing link from fungi to the rest of the world has to be closer to archaea or animalia than bacteria, right? I assumed that molecular clock figure was when fungi diverged from their last common ancestor with animals.
- 1996 6y agoI would have though so, but this paper made me reconsider that. Fungi are eukaryotes, but very special - neither animal nor plant, while they have some properties of each (ex: can store glycogen like animals) Maybe the last common ancestor was closer to bacteria than archaea, and from that point significant properties were not gained (nuclei, mitochondria...), but lost (ex: no more glycogen for plants!) - a mind blowing thought!!