An overview of the phylogeny and diversity of eukaryotes

作     者：Sandra L. BALDAUF 

作者机构：Department of Evolution Genomics and Systematics Evolutionary Biology Centre University of Uppsala Norbyvaigen 18 D Uppsala 75236 Sweden 

出 版 物：《植物分类学报》 (Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica)

年 卷 期：2008年第46卷第3期

页      面：263-273页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 071002[理学-动物学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

主　　题：真核生物 多样性 系统演化 真菌 

摘      要：Our understanding of eukaryote biology is dominated by the study of land plants, animals and fungi. However, these are only three isolated fragments of the full diversity of extant eukaryotes. The majority of eu-karyotes, in terms of major taxa and probably also sheer numbers of cells, consists of exclusively or predomi-nantly unicellular lineages. A surprising number of these lineages are poorly characterized. Nonetheless, they are fundamental to our understanding of eukaryote biology and the underlying forces that shaped it. This article consists of an overview of the current state of our understanding of the eukaryote tree. This includes the identity of the major groups of eukaryotes, some of their important, defining or simply interesting features and the pro-posed relationships of these groups to each other.