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noun
Any (hypothesised) primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The most recent common ancestor to all organisms now living on Earth; LUCA; specifically, the most recent progenitor of all archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
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History
From progenitor, modelled on eukaryote.
