The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes

This revision of the classification of eukaryotes, which updates that of Adl et al. [J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52 (2005) 399], retains an emphasis on the protists and incorporates changes since 2005 that have resolved nodes and branches in phylogenetic trees. Whereas the previous revision was successful in re-introducing name stability to the classification, this revision provides a classification for lineages that were then still unresolved. The supergroups have withstood phylogenetic hypothesis testing with some modifications, but despite some progress, problematic nodes at the base of the eukaryotic tree still remain to be statistically resolved. Looking forward, subsequent transformations to our…

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  Sight Research UK

  Awards: NE/H000887/1, NE/H009426/1
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  National Institutes of Health
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  Natural Environment Research Council

  Awards: NE/H009426/1, NE/H000887/1
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  U.S. National Library of Medicine