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Biological membranes are a crucial part of cellular life and they provide important insights into fundamental evolutionary questions. Studying membranes and their composition sheds light on the origin of life itself and how it diversified, and touches upon the origin of eukaryotes and their cellular compartments. Here, we discuss the impact of membranes and their associated proteins on evolutionary research and what that might tell us about the emergence of the eukaryotic cell.
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Erik Hanspach Jahrgang 1986. Biologiestudium an der TU Dresden. Seit 2017 Promotion an der Universität Düsseldorf.
Simon Stockhorst Jahrgang 1989. Biologiestudium an der Universität Düsseldorf; dort seit 2019 Promotion.
Sven B. Gould Jahrgang 1976. Biologiestudium an der Universität Marburg. Postdoc in University of Melbourne, Australien. Seit 2012 Nachwuchsgruppenleiter für Evolutionäre Zellbiologie an der Universität Düsseldorf.
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Hanspach, E., Stockhorst, S. & Gould, S.B. Membrankomplexität und der Übergang vom Pro- zum Eukaryoten. Biospektrum 25, 492–494 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-019-1080-4
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