Evolution of linkage and genome expansion in protocells: The origin of chromosomes

• András Szilágyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary, Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Parmenides Foundation, Pullach/Munich, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6894-4652

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• Viktor Péter Kovács,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary

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• Eörs Szathmáry ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szathmary.eors@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary, Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Parmenides Foundation, Pullach/Munich, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-2997

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• Mauro Santos

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary, Grup de Genòmica, Bioinformàtica i Biologia Evolutiva (GGBE), Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6478-6570

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