There is no such thing as a tree of life (and of course viruses are out!).

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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8. Evolution of viruses and cells: do we need a fourth domain of life to explain the origin of eukaryotes?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2015
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12. Structures of giant icosahedral eukaryotic dsDNA viruses.Current opinion in virology · 2011
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