English-Finnish translations for progenote

Definition of progenote

• Any primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving
• The most recent common ancestor to all organisms now living on Earth; LUCA; specifically, the most recent progenitor of all archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes

Examples

• It is sometimes assumed that the concepts of LUCA and progenote are the same by definition; more correctly, it is hypothesised that LUCA was a progenote

Related words

• progenitor
• progeny
• progeniture
• progenitress
• progenitrix
• progenitor cell