The New Tree of Eukaryotes.

@article{Burki2019TheNT,
  title={The New Tree of Eukaryotes.},
  author={Fabien Burki and Andrew J. Roger and Matthew W. Brown and Alastair G. B. Simpson},
  journal={Trends in ecology \& evolution},
  year={2019}
}
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