Comparing the Dictyostelium and Entamoeba Genomes Reveals an Ancient Split in the Conosa Lineage.
The Amoebozoa are a sister clade to the fungi and the animals, but are poorly sampled for completely sequenced genomes. The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and amitochondriate pathogen Entamoeba histolytica are the first Amoebozoa with genomes completely sequenced. Both organisms are classifi...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010071 |