last universal common ancestor

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf hypothetical organism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:LUCA
cenancestor
progenote
gptkbp:category evolution
origin of life
phylogenetics
gptkbp:defines the most recent population of organisms from which all organisms now living on Earth have a common descent
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Bacteria
archaea
eukaryotes
gptkbp:existed about 3.5 to 4 billion years ago
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
phylogenetics
gptkbp:genomeSense likely had DNA
likely had RNA
likely had ribosomes
likely used the genetic code
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label last universal common ancestor
gptkbp:relatedTo origin of life
tree of life
universal common descent
gptkbp:studiedBy comparative genomics
molecular phylogenetics
gptkbp:uncertainty exact nature is unknown
may have been a population
may not have been a single organism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tree_of_Life_(biology)
gptkb:universal_tree_of_life
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8