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  2. Three-domain system - Wikipedia

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    The three-domain system adds a level of classification (the domains) "above" the kingdoms present in the previously used five- or six-kingdom systems.This classification system recognizes the fundamental divide between the two prokaryotic groups, insofar as Archaea appear to be more closely related to eukaryotes than they are to other prokaryotes – bacteria-like organisms with no cell nucleus.

  3. Domain (biology) - Wikipedia

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    According to the domain system, the tree of life consists of either three domains, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, [1] or two domains, Archaea and Bacteria, with Eukarya included in Archaea. [3] [4] In the three-domain model, the first two are prokaryotes, single-celled microorganisms without a membrane-bound nucleus.

  4. Tree of life (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, Carl Woese, Otto Kandler and Mark Wheelis proposed a novel "tree of life" consisting of three lines of descent for which they introduced the term domain as the highest rank of classification. They suggested and formally defined the terms Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya for the three domains of life. [22]

  5. Kingdom (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Based on RNA studies, Carl Woese thought life could be divided into three large divisions and referred to them as the "three primary kingdom" model or "urkingdom" model. [15] In 1990, the name "domain" was proposed for the highest rank. [5] This term represents a synonym for the category of dominion (lat. dominium), introduced by Moore in 1974 ...

  6. Last universal common ancestor - Wikipedia

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    The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated. The cell had a lipid bilayer ; it possessed the genetic code and ribosomes which translated from DNA or RNA to proteins .

  7. Horizontal gene transfer in evolution - Wikipedia

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    The three main early branches of the tree of life have been intensively studied by microbiologists because the first organisms were microorganisms. Microbiologists (led by Carl Woese) have introduced the term domain for the three main branches of this tree, where domain is a phylogenetic term similar in meaning to biological kingdom.

  8. Marine prokaryotes - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] The three-domain system of classifying life adds another division: the prokaryotes are divided into two domains of life, the microscopic bacteria and the microscopic archaea, while everything else, the eukaryotes, become the third domain. [4] Prokaryotes play important roles in ecosystems as decomposers recycling nutrients.

  9. Woese's dogma - Wikipedia

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    It states that the evolution of ribosomal RNA was a necessary precursor to the evolution of modern life forms. [1] This led to the advancement of the phylogenetic tree of life consisting of three domains rather than the previously accepted two. [2]