Plant / Animal DNA

[pmaust]

Oops!!!!! Sorry, I should have done a search first. Any good reading suggestions would be appreciated though.







Can someone point me to some sources of information. I have been reading a lot lately and it sometimes raises more questions than I can get answers for.

Are plants and animals related? Do we share any common DNA? Could plants ever evolve into something we could call an animal or visa versa? I love to read if you can suggest something that explains this better.

Thanks,

Paul

[MortenS]

I would suggest searching for "Carl Woese", "Three Domains" and "Universal phylogeny" first.

[pmaust]

Wow! I've started reading up on Carl Woese. Very interesting. Thanks MortenS. I appears as though the scientific community can be a pretty rough crowd sometimes.

[MortenS]

After reading about Carl Woese, you should also probably read up on Lynn Margulis and the endosymbiotic hypothesis regarding the origin of eukaryotic cells.

[pmaust]

Thanks again MortenS.