The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes
- S. Adl, A. Simpson, F. Spiegel
- BiologyJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
- 1 September 2012
This revision of the classification of eukaryotes retains an emphasis on the protists and incorporates changes since 2005 that have resolved nodes and branches in phylogenetic trees.
Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean
- C. de Vargas, S. Audic, E. Karsenti
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 22 May 2015
Diversity emerged at all taxonomic levels, both within the groups comprising the ~11,200 cataloged morphospecies of eukaryotic plankton and among twice as many other deep-branching lineages of unappreciated importance in plankton ecology studies.
A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids
- J. Janouškovec, A. Horák, M. Oborník, J. Lukeš, P. Keeling
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1 June 2010
These findings support a relatively simple path of linear descent for the evolution of photosynthesis in a large proportion of algae and emphasize plastid loss in several lineages (e.g., ciliates, Cryptosporidium, and Phytophthora).
The evolution and diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates.
- A. Simpson, J. Stevens, J. Lukeš
- BiologyTrends in Parasitology
- 1 April 2006
Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes
- S. Adl, D. Bass, Qianqian Zhang
- BiologyJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
- 26 September 2018
It is confirmed that eukaryotes form at least two domains, the loss of monophyly in the Excavata, robust support for the Haptista and Cryptista, and suggested primer sets for DNA sequences from environmental samples that are effective for each clade are provided.
Adaptations of Trypanosoma brucei to gradual loss of kinetoplast DNA: Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi are petite mutants of T. brucei
- D. Lai, H. Hashimi, Z. Lun, F. Ayala, J. Lukeš
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 12 February 2008
It is shown that both species are actually strains of T. brucei equiperdum and T. evansi, which lost part (Dk) or all (Ak) of their kDNA, and these trypanosomes are not monophyletic clades and do not qualify for species status.
Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy
- J. Lukeš, I. Mauricio, M. Miles
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 29 May 2007
A new taxonomy is proposed, in which Leishmania infantum and L.Donovani are the only recognized species of the L. donovani complex, and an evolutionary hypothesis for the origin and dispersal of the species is presented.
Kinetoplast DNA Network: Evolution of an Improbable Structure
- J. Lukeš, D. Lys Guilbride, J. Votýpka, A. Zíková, R. Benne, P. T. Englund
- Biology, PhysicsEukaryotic Cell
- 1 August 2002
Kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) is the most structurally complex mitochondrial DNA in nature. Unique to the single mitochondrion of unicellular flagellates of the order Kinetoplastida, kDNA is best known as a…
CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms
- J. Pawłowski, S. Audic, C. de Vargas
- BiologyPLoS Biology
- 1 November 2012
A group of protist experts proposes a two-step DNA barcoding approach, comprising a universal eukaryotic pre-barcode followed by group-specific barcodes, to unveil the hidden biodiversity of…
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