Eukaryota

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroups: Bikonta - Unikonta
[list of supergroups after Cavalier-Smith (2009: 26, 'There are only two eukaryote supergroups: unikonts and bikonts...')]

References

primary references

• Adl, S.M. et al. 2005: The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists. Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 52: 399-451. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x PDF
• Burki, F.; Shalchian-Tabrizi, K.; Minge, M.; Skjæveland, A.; Nikolaev, S.I.; Jakobsen, K.S.; Pawlowski, J. 2007: Phylogenomics reshuffles the eukaryotic supergroups. PLoS ONE, 2: e790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000790
• Burki, F.; Shalchian-Tabrizi, K.; Pawlowski, J. 2008: Phylogenomics reveals a new 'megagroup' including most photosynthetic eukaryotes. Biology letters, 4: 366-369. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0224 PDF
• Cavalier-Smith, T. 2009: Megaphylogeny, cell body plans, adaptive zones: causes and timing of eukaryote basal radiations. Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 56: 26-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00373.x
• Keeling, P.J.; Burger, G.; Durnford, D.G.; Lang, B.F.; Lee, R.W.; Pearlman, R.E.; Roger, A.J.; Gray, M.W. 2005: The tree of eukaryotes. Trends in ecology and evolution, 20: 670–676. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.09.005 PDF
• Minge, M.A.; Silberman, J.D.; Orr, R.J.S.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Shalchian-Tabrizi, K.; Burki, F.; Skjæveland, A.; Jakobsen, K.S. 2009: Evolutionary position of breviate amoebae and the primary eukaryote divergence. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 276: 597-604. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1358
• Parfrey, L.W.; Barbero, E.; Lasser, E.; Dunthorn, M.; Bhattacharya, D.; Patterson, D.J.; Katz, L.A. 2006: Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. PLoS Genetics, 2(12): e220. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020220
• Roger, A.J.; Simpson, A.G.B. 2009: Evolution: revisiting the root of the eukaryote tree. Current biology, 19: R165-R167. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.032
• Yoon, H.S.; Grant, J.; Tekle, Y.I.; Wu, M.; Chaon, B.C.; Cole, J.C.; Logsdon, J.M., jr.; Patterson, D.J.; Bhattacharya, D.; Katz, L.A. 2008: Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes. BMC evolutionary biology, 8:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-14 PDF

additional references

• Baldauf, S.L. 2003: The deep roots of eukaryotes. Science, 300: 1703–1706.
• Baldauf, S.L., Roger, A.J., Wenk-Siefert, I., & Doolittle, W.F. (2000). A kingdom-level phylogeny of eukaryotes based on combined protein data. Science 290: 972-977.
• Becerra, A., Delaye, L., Islas, S., & Lazcano, A. (2007). The very early stages of biological evolution and the nature of the last common ancestor of the three major cell domains. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 38: 361-379.
• Cavalier-Smith, T. 1981: Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems, 14: 461-481.
• Goloboff, P.A.; Catalano, S.A.; Mirande, J.M.; Szumik, C.A.; Arias, J.S.; Källersjö, M.; Farris, J.S. 2009: Phylogenetic analysis of 73 060 taxa corroborates major eukaryotic groups. Cladistics, 25: 211-230. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00255.x
• Moreira, D., von der Heyden, S., Bass, D., López-García, P., Chao, E., & Cavalier-Smith, T. (2007). Global eukaryote phylogeny: combined small- and large-subunit ribosomal DNA trees support monophyly of Rhizaria, Retaria and Excavata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 255-266.
• Simpson, A.G.B.; Lang, B.F.; Dacks, J.B.; Leigh, J.W.; Hug, L.; Roger, A.J.; Hampl, V. 2009: Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups". PNAS, 106: 3859-3864.
• Steenkamp, E. T., Wright, J., & Baldauf, S. L. (2006). The protistan origins of animals and fungi. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23 (1): 93-106.
• Woese, C., Kandler, O., & Wheelis, M. (1990). Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 (12): 4576-4579.

links

• Wegener Parfrey, Laura 2009. Taxon page for Eukaryota. In: The ATOL eutree hypothesis First Created: 2009-07-04T15:11:59Z. Last Updated: 2009-07-04T15:14:20Z.
• Keeling, Patrick, Brian S. Leander, and Alastair Simpson 2009. Eukaryotes. Eukaryota, Organisms with nucleated cells. Version 12 March 2009 in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Tree of Eukaryotes
• Eukarya

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Eukaryote
العربية: حقيقية النوى
Boarisch: Eikaryóten / Eikaryótner
Bosanski: Eukarioti
Български: Еукариоти
Català: Eucariota
Česky: Eukaryota
Dansk: Eukaryoter
Deutsch: Eukaryoten, Eukaryonten
Eesti: Eukarüoodid
Ελληνικά: Ευκαρυώτες
English: eukaryotes
Español: Eucariontes
Esperanto: Eŭkariotoj
فارسی: هسته داران
Français: Eucaryotes
한국어: 진핵생물
Հայերեն: Կորիզավորներ
Hrvatski: Eukarioti
Interlingua: Eucaryotes
Íslenska: Heilkjörnungar
Italiano: Eucarioti
עברית: איקריוטיים
Latina: Eucaryota
Latviešu: Eikariots
Lëtzebuergesch: Eukaryota
Lietuvių: Eukariotai
Magyar: Eukarióták
Nederlands: Eukaryoten
日本語: 真核生物ドメイン
Nordfriisk: Eukariooten
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Eukaryoter
Occitan: Eucariòtas
Polski: Jądrowce
Português: Eucariota
Português do Brasil: Eucarionte
Română: Eucariote
Русский: Ядерные
Suomi: Aitotumaiset
Svenska: Eukaryoter
Tiếng Việt: Sinh vật nhân chuẩn
Türkçe: Ökaryotlar , Genetik malzemeleri zarla çevrili bir (veya birkaç) çekirdek içinde yer alanlar
Українська: Еукаріоти
中文: 真核域

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