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The analysis of 100 genes supports the grouping of three highly divergent amoebae: <i>Dictyostelium</i> , <i>Entamoeba</i> , and <i>Mastigamoeba</i>
5 Feb 2002
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The phylogenetic relationships of amoebae are poorly resolved. To address this difficult question, we have sequenced 1,280 expressed sequence tags from Mastigamoeba balamuthi and assembled a large data set containing 123 genes for representatives of three phenotypically highly divergent major amoeboid lineages: Pelobionta, Entamoebidae, and Mycetozoa. Phylogenetic reconstruction was performed on approximately...
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