Phylogeny of choanozoa, apusozoa, and other protozoa and early eukaryote megaevolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 540-563

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a   Chao, Ema E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amastigomonas; Apusozoa; Ascetosporea; Bikonts; Cercozoa; Choanozoa; Hexactinellid sponges; Ministeria; Placozoa; Sterol biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AMASTIGOTE; AMOEBA; APUSOZOA; ARTICLE; ASCETOSPOREA; CERCOZOA; CHOANOZOA; COELENTERATE; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; PROTOZOON; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CNIDARIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALVEOLATA; AMASTIGOMONAS; AMOEBOZOA; ANCYROMONAS; ANIMALIA; APUSOMONADIDAE; APUSOMONAS; APUSOZOA; ASCETOSPORA; BIKONTA; CERCOZOA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHROMISTA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; HAPLOSPORIDIA; HEXACTINELLIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MINISTERIA; PARAMYXEA; PLACOZOA; PLANTAE; PLASMODIOPHORIDAE; PROTOZOA; RETARIA; RHIZARIA;

EID: 0037403365     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2424-z     Document Type: Article

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