title: Evolution: revisiting the root of the eukaryote tree.
abstract: A recent phylogenomic investigation shows that the enigmatic flagellate Breviata is a distinct anaerobic lineage within the eukaryote super-group Amoebozoa and challenges the unikont-bikont rooting of the tree of eukaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: Alastair G B
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005407:Flagella / Q000648:ultrastructure; D023281:Genomics / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny