Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences

T Cavalier-Smith - Protoplasma, 2018 - Springer
In 1981 I established kingdom Chromista, distinguished from Plantae because of its more
complex chloroplast-associated membrane topology and rigid tubular multipartite ciliary …

The neomuran revolution and phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and cilia in the light of intracellular coevolution and a revised tree of life

T Cavalier-Smith - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Three kinds of cells exist with increasingly complex membrane-protein targeting: Unibacteria
(Archaebacteria, Posibacteria) with one cytoplasmic membrane (CM); Negibacteria with a …

Ciliary transition zone evolution and the root of the eukaryote tree: implications for opisthokont origin and classification of kingdoms Protozoa, Plantae, and Fungi

T Cavalier-Smith - Protoplasma, 2022 - Springer
I thoroughly discuss ciliary transition zone (TZ) evolution, highlighting many overlooked
evolutionarily significant ultrastructural details. I establish fundamental principles of TZ …

Phylogenomics demonstrates that breviate flagellates are related to opisthokonts and apusomonads

MW Brown, SC Sharpe… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most eukaryotic lineages belong to one of a few major groups. However, several protistan
lineages have not yet been robustly placed in any of these groups. Both the breviates and …

[HTML][HTML] Multigene eukaryote phylogeny reveals the likely protozoan ancestors of opisthokonts (animals, fungi, choanozoans) and Amoebozoa

T Cavalier-Smith, EE Chao, EA Snell, C Berney… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2014 - Elsevier
Animals and fungi independently evolved from the protozoan phylum Choanozoa, these
three groups constituting a major branch of the eukaryotic evolutionary tree known as …

[图书][B] Phylonyms: a companion to the PhyloCode

K de Queiroz, P Cantino, J Gauthier - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

A SUF Fe-S cluster biogenesis system in the mitochondrion-related organelles of the anaerobic protist Pygsuia

CW Stairs, L Eme, MW Brown, C Mutsaers, E Susko… - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Background Many microbial eukaryotes have evolved anaerobic alternatives to
mitochondria known as mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). Yet, only a few of these …

New insights on the evolutionary relationships between the major lineages of Amoebozoa

YI Tekle, F Wang, FC Wood, OR Anderson… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The supergroup Amoebozoa unites a wide diversity of amoeboid organisms and
encompasses enigmatic lineages that have been recalcitrant to modern phylogenetics …

Calcium sensors of ciliary outer arm dynein: functions and phylogenetic considerations for eukaryotic evolution

K Inaba - Cilia, 2015 - Springer
The motility of eukaryotic cilia and flagella is modulated in response to several extracellular
stimuli. Ca 2+ is the most critical intracellular factor for these changes in motility, directly …

Evolution of the centrosome, from the periphery to the center

J Azimzadeh - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Centrosomes are central organelles that organize microtubules (MTs) in animals, fungi and
several other eukaryotic lineages. Despite an important diversity of structure, the …