Multigene eukaryote phylogeny reveals the likely protozoan ancestors of opisthokonts (animals, fungi, choanozoans) and Amoebozoa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-85

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a   Chao, Ema E ^a   Snell, Elizabeth A ^a   Berney, Cédric ^a,b   Fiore Donno, Anna Maria ^a,c   Lewis, Rhodri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell evolution; Eukaryote phylogeny; Podiates; Protozoa; Sulcozoa; Transcriptome sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; INVERTEBRATES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84907704636     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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