progenote
Meanings
noun
- Any (hypothesised) primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving.
- The most recent common ancestor to all organisms now living on Earth; LUCA; specifically, the most recent progenitor of all archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.
Word forms
Etymology
From progenitor, modelled on eukaryote.
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