Asgard archaea are the closest prokaryotic relatives of eukaryotes

Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

(2017) Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al.   NATURE

Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2017) Violette Da Cunha et al.   PLoS Genetics

CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes

(2015) Donovan H. Parks et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2015) Anja Spang et al.   NATURE

The two-domain tree of life is linked to a new root for the Archaea

(2015) Kasie Raymann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Archaeal “Dark Matter” and the Origin of Eukaryotes

(2014) Tom A. Williams et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Archaeal Legacy of Eukaryotes: A Phylogenomic Perspective

(2014) L. Guy et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The effects of model choice and mitigating bias on the ribosomal tree of life

(2013) Erica Lasek-Nesselquist et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

An archaeal origin of eukaryotes supports only two primary domains of life

(2013) Tom A. Williams et al.   NATURE

The archaeal ‘TACK’ superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes

(2011) Lionel Guy et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Archaeal phylogenomics provides evidence in support of a methanogenic origin of the Archaea and a thaumarchaeal origin for the eukaryotes

(2010) S. Kelly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The primary divisions of life: a phylogenomic approach employing composition-heterogeneous methods

(2009) P. G. Foster et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The archaebacterial origin of eukaryotes

(2008) C. J. Cox et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA