Taxon-rich phylogenomic analyses resolve the eukaryotic tree of life and reveal the power of subsampling by sites

Systematic Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-415

  Katz, Laura A ^a,b   Grant, Jessica R ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic gene transfer; eukaryotic phylogeny; microbial diversity; phylogenetics; sampling strategy; tree of life

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; AMOEBOZOA; ARCHAEPLASTIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; MALAWIMONAS; RHIZARIA; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS;

EID: 84929574274     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu126     Document Type: Article

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