Doolittle R F
Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0634, USA.
Res Microbiol. 2000 Mar;151(2):85-9. doi: 10.1016/s0923-2508(00)00124-8.
In this brief mini-review I address the current controversy surrounding the nature of the last common ancestor of all life on Earth. The pros and cons of the various positions have been hotly debated of late with no sign of the tumult subsiding. As such, I could not possibly do justice to all the varied and opposing views, nor even cite them. Let me just say at the outset that my own views on the subject at hand have been greatly influenced by the writings of T. Cavalier-Smith, W.F. Doolittle, P. Gogarten, R. Gupta, H. Hartman, O. Kandler, E. Koonin, J. Lake, W. Martin, M. Sogin, and C. Woese, inter alia. I hope they will forgive me if my depiction of events does not do full justice to their contributions.
在这篇简短的综述中，我探讨了围绕地球上所有生命的最后共同祖先的本质的当前争议。最近，各种观点的利弊一直争论激烈，毫无平息的迹象。因此，我不可能公正地对待所有不同且对立的观点，甚至也无法一一列举。首先我要说，我对当前这个主题的看法在很大程度上受到了T. 卡瓦利埃 - 史密斯、W.F. 杜利特尔、P. 戈加滕、R. 古普塔、H. 哈特曼、O. 坎德勒、E. 库宁、J. 莱克、W. 马丁、M. 索金和C. 沃斯等人著作的影响。如果我对相关事件的描述没有充分体现他们的贡献，希望他们能原谅我。
