cenancestor

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cenancestor

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From cen- + ancestor.

noun cenancestors

The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life. If Gram-positive Bacteria and Archaea did diverge first from the cenancestor, then it would be reasonable to assume that these groups should be monophyletic.
Similar: concestor, last common ancestor, last universal ancestor, last universal common ancestor, LCA, LUA, LUCA

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@misc{cenancestor_2026,
  title = {cenancestor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cenancestor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}