Multigene phylogeny resolves deep branching of Amoebozoa
Abstract
We provide the largest phylogenetic dataset to date for the phylum Amoebozoa. Phylogenetic analyses of 60–188 genes by two methods give a well-supported topology. Amoebozoa are monophyletic and divided into two distinct clades, Lobosa and Conosa. Lobosa diverge into Tubulinea and Discosea, Conosa into Semiconosia and Archamoebea. This phylogeny supports a recent classification using locomotion and ultrastructure.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- February 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.011
- Bibcode:
- 2015MolPE..83..293C
- Keywords:
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- Amoebae phylogenomics;
- Eukaryote-wide phylogeny;
- Nolandella;
- Himatismenida;
- Varipodida;
- Semiconosia