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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Main Authors: Jie Song, Qikai Xu, Rolf Olsen, William F Loomis, Gad Shaulsky, Adam Kuspa, Richard Sucgang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010071