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N.N.GlansdorffN.N., About the last common ancestor, the universal life-tree and lateral gene transfer: a reappraisal, „Molecular Microbiology”, 38 (2), 2000, s. 177–185, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02126.x, PMID: 11069646.
YingY.XuYingY., NicolasN.GlansdorffNicolasN., Was our ancestor a hyperthermophilic procaryote?, „Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology”, 133 (3), 2002, s. 677–688, DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00197-6, PMID: 12443925.
NicolasN.GlansdorffNicolasN., YingY.XuYingY., BernardB.LabedanBernardB., The last universal common ancestor: emergence, constitution and genetic legacy of an elusive forerunner, „Biology Direct”, 3, 2008, art. nr 29, DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-29, PMID: 18613974, PMCID: PMC2478661.
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Ranjan V.R.V.MannigeRanjan V.R.V., Charles L.Ch.L.BrooksCharles L.Ch.L., Eugene I.E.I.ShakhnovichEugene I.E.I., A universal trend among proteomes indicates an oily last common ancestor, „PLoS Computational Biology”, 8 (12), 2012, art. nr e1002839, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002839, PMID: 23300421, PMCID: PMC3531291.