This revision of the classification of eukaryotes, which updates that of Adl et al.[J. Eukaryot.
Microbiol. 52 (2005) 399], retains an emphasis on the protists and incorporates changes …

I discuss how different feeding modes and related cellular structures map onto the eukaryote
evolutionary tree. Centrally important for understanding eukaryotic cell diversity are …

Biosilicification (the formation of biological structures from silica) occurs in diverse eukaryotic
lineages, plays a major role in global biogeochemical cycles, and has significant …

The origin of animal multicellularity may be reconstructed by comparing animals with one of
their closest living relatives, the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Just as animals …

To understand the mechanisms involved in the transition from protists to multicellular
animals (metazoans), studying unicellular relatives of metazoans is as important as studying …

The eukaryotic supergroup Opisthokonta includes animals (Metazoa), fungi, and
choanoflagellates, as well as the lesser known unicellular lineages Nucleariidae, Fonticula …

Recent studies have shown that molecular phylogenies of the choanoflagellates (Class
Choanoflagellatea) are in disagreement with their traditional taxonomy, based on …

Colourless, nonscaled chrysophytes comprise morphologically similar or even
indistinguishable flagellates which are important bacterivors in water and soil crucial for …

Choanoflagellates are the closest single-celled relatives of animals and provide fascinating
insights into developmental processes in animals. Two species, the choanoflagellates …

Environmental rDNA sequencing has revealed many novel heterokont clades of unknown
morphology. We describe a new marine heterotrophic heterokont flagellate, Incisomonas …