progenote English

Meaning progenote meaning

What does progenote mean?

progenote noun

— (biology, evolutionary biology) Any (hypothesised) primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving.

— (evolutionary biology, loosely) The most recent common ancestor to all organisms now living on Earth; LUCA; specifically, the most recent progenitor of all archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.