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Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2006
Parfrey Laura Wegener, Barbero Erika, Lasser Elyse, Dunthorn Micah, Bhattacharya Debashish, Patterson David J, Katz Laura A
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Perspectives on the classification of eukaryotic diversity have changed rapidly in recent years, as the four eukaryotic groups within the five-kingdom classification--plants, animals, fungi, and protists--have been transformed through numerous permutations into the current system of six "supergroups." The intent of the supergroup classification system is to unite microbial and macroscopic eukaryotes based on...
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