cenancestor
English
Etymology
cen- + ancestor
Noun
cenancestor (plural cenancestors)
- The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- The wealth of phylogenetic information older than the cenancestor itself may be larger than realized.
Synonyms
- last common ancestor
- concestor
- last universal common ancestor
- last universal ancestor
- LCA
- LUA
- LUCA