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"The s were acquired by a eukaryotic cell that was already a fully fledged eukaryotic cell."
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Nick LaneIve been asked on various occasions, "Why dont we, as an origins of li — Nick Lane
"Ive been asked on various occasions, "Why dont we, as an origins of life community, get together, think what a killer experiment is, and then go and build a or something, where we go and do the experiment?" And the answer to that is... [W]e cant agree with each other about what experiment would you do? ...[I]t is intrinsically a lot more complex, precisely because its a continuum. We dont know. We dont agree about what environment, we dont agree about what kind of chemistry or biochemistry. We cant join these things up, and so it seems to me a much healthier environment is to be deliberately multiple about it. Not to say, "Ok, this particular world view is going to dominate." I think we have to have multiple views until we know more."
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Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He is a professor in evolutionary biochemistry at University College London. His books have won several awards.
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"Thats why they [viruses] are not in the tree of life. They dont relate in a very direct way. ...[T]he tree of life now is not only about ribosomes. You can build trees from whole genomes, but viral genomes? They dont really fit in, in a way which makes sense to people."
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"Mitochondria are a badly kept secret. ...There are usually hudreds or thousands of them in a single cell, where they use oxygen to burn up food. ...[O]ne billion ...would fit comfortably on a grain of sand."
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"[L]ife will probably get stuck in a bacterial rut elsewhere in the universe... we might not be alone, but will almost certainly be lonely."
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"According to mitochondrial gene analysis, man didnt interbreed with Homo Sapiens..."
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"The possessors of... nuclei, the s, are the most important cells in the world. ...[A]ll plants and animals, all and fungi... essentially everything we can see with the naked eye, is composed of [them]..."
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