Artikel ; Online: Elusive data underlying debate at the prokaryote-eukaryote divide.
Biology direct
2018 Band 13, Heft 1, Seite(n) 21
Abstract: Background: The origin of eukaryotic cells was an important transition in evolution. The factors underlying the origin and evolutionary success of the eukaryote lineage are still discussed. One camp argues that mitochondria were essential for eukaryote ... ...
| Abstract | Background: The origin of eukaryotic cells was an important transition in evolution. The factors underlying the origin and evolutionary success of the eukaryote lineage are still discussed. One camp argues that mitochondria were essential for eukaryote origin because of the unique configuration of internalized bioenergetic membranes that they conferred to the common ancestor of all known eukaryotic lineages. A recent paper by Lynch and Marinov concluded that mitochondria were energetically irrelevant to eukaryote origin, a conclusion based on analyses of previously published numbers of various molecules and ribosomes per cell and cell volumes as a presumed proxy for the role of mitochondria in evolution. Their numbers were purportedly extracted from the literature. Results: We have examined the numbers upon which the recent study was based. We report that for a sample of 80 numbers that were purportedly extracted from the literature and that underlie key inferences of the recent study, more than 50% of the values do not exist in the cited papers to which the numbers are attributed. The published result cannot be independently reproduced. Other numbers that the recent study reports differ inexplicably from those in the literature to which they are ascribed. We list the discrepancies between the recently published numbers and the purported literature sources of those numbers in a head to head manner so that the discrepancies are readily evident, although the source of error underlying the discrepancies remains obscure. Conclusion: The data purportedly supporting the view that mitochondria had no impact upon eukaryotic evolution data exhibits notable irregularities. The paper in question evokes the impression that the published numbers are of up to seven significant digit accuracy, when in fact more than half the numbers are nowhere to be found in the literature to which they are attributed. Though the reasons for the discrepancies are unknown, it is important to air these issues, lest the prominent paper in question become a point source of a snowballing error through the literature or become interpreted as a form of evidence that mitochondria were irrelevant to eukaryote evolution. Reviewers: This article was reviewed by Eric Bapteste, Jianzhi Zhang and Martin Lercher. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Biological Evolution ; Energy Metabolism ; Eukaryotic Cells/physiology ; Mitochondria/metabolism ; Prokaryotic Cells/physiology |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2018-10-03 |
| Erscheinungsland | England |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ISSN | 1745-6150 |
| ISSN (online) | 1745-6150 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s13062-018-0221-x |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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