Editing Life (section)

=== Metagenomic ===

The ability to sequence large numbers of complete [[genome]]s has allowed biologists to take a [[metagenomic]] view of the [[phylogeny]] of the whole [[Tree of life (biology)|tree of life]]. This has led to the realisation that the majority of living things are bacteria, and that all have a common origin.<ref name="Woese1990"/><!--"Woese1990" is defined in {{biological systems}}--yes, I know what you think of that--><ref name="NM-20160411">{{cite journal |last1=Hug |first1=Laura A. |last2=Baker |first2=Brett J. |last3=Anantharaman |first3=Karthik |last4=Brown |first4=Christopher T. |last5=Probst |first5=Alexander J. |last6=Castelle |first6=Cindy J. |last7=Butterfield |first7=Cristina N. |last8=Hernsdorf |first8=Alex W. |last9=Amano |first9=Yuki |last10=Ise |first10=Kotaro |last11=Suzuki |first11=Yohey |last12=Dudek |first12=Natasha |last13=Relman |first13=David A. |last14=Finstad |first14=Kari M. |last15=Amundson |first15=Ronald |date=11 April 2016 |title=A new view of the tree of life |journal=[[Nature Microbiology]] |volume=1 |issue=5 |at=16048 |doi=10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.48 |pmid=27572647 |doi-access=free |last16=Thomas |first16=Brian C. |last17=Banfield |first17=Jillian F.}}</ref>

<gallery class=center mode="nolines" heights="300" widths="300">File:Phylogenetic tree of life LUCA.svg|[[Phylogenetic]] tree based on [[rRNA]] [[gene]]s data (Woese ''et al.'', 1990)<ref name="Woese1990"/> showing the 3&nbsp;life [[Domain (biology)|domains]], with the [[last universal common ancestor|last universal common ancestor (LUCA)]] at its root
File:A Novel Representation Of The Tree Of Life.svg|A 2016 [[metagenomic]] representation of the [[Tree of life (biology)|tree of life]], unrooted, using [[ribosomal protein]] sequences. Bacteria are at top (left and right); [[Archaea]] at bottom; [[Eukaryote]]s in green at bottom right.<ref name="NM-20160411"/>
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