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- Title
EEF2 analysis challenges the monophyly of Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata.
- Authors
Kim, Eunsoo; Graham, Linda E
- Abstract
Classification of eukaryotes provides a fundamental phylogenetic framework for ecological, medical, and industrial research. In recent years eukaryotes have been classified into six major supergroups: Amoebozoa, Archaeplastida, Chromalveolata, Excavata, Opisthokonta, and Rhizaria. According to this supergroup classification, Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata each arose from a single plastid-generating endosymbiotic event involving a cyanobacterium (Archaeplastida) or red alga (Chromalveolata). Although the plastids within members of the Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata share some features, no nucleocytoplasmic synapomorphies supporting these supergroups are currently known.
- Publication
PloS one, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 7, pe2621
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0002621