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New article sheds light on LUCA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/science/last-universal-ancestor.html Serendi ^pod ous 14:23, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Done - @Serendipodous: FWIW - following text/ref added to lede => In July 2016, scientists reported identifying a set of 355 genes from the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) of all organisms living on Earth.^[1] - *entirely* ok with me to rv/rm/mv/ce edit of course - hope this helps in some way - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:53, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

References

^ Wade, Nicholas (25 July 2016). "Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things". New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[NYT-20160725-1] Wade, Nicholas (25 July 2016). "Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things". New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

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