Old lineages in a new ecosystem: diversification of arcellinid amoebae (Amoebozoa) and peatland mosses.

Arcellinid testate amoebae (Amoebozoa) form a group of free-living microbial eukaryotes with one of the oldest fossil records known, yet several aspects of their evolutionary history remain poorly understood. Arcellinids occur in a range of terrestrial, freshwater and even brackish habitats; however...

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Main Authors: Omar Fiz-Palacios, Brian S Leander, Thierry J Heger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3999201?pdf=render