Retortamonad flagellates are closely related to diplomonads - Implications for the history of mitochondrial function in eukaryote evolution

Abstract

We present the first molecular phylogenetic examination of the evolutionary position of retortamonads, a group of mitochondrion-lacking flagellates usually found as commensals of the intestinal tracts of vertebrates. Our phlogenies include small

Keywords

• Retortamonas
• Archezoa
• ssu rRNA
• evolution
• mitochondria PARASITE ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA
• GIARDIA-LAMBLIA
• RIBOSOMAL-RNA
• PROTEIN PHYLOGENY
• TRICHOMONAS-VAGINALIS
• PELOMYXA-PALUSTRIS
• LACKING PROTOZOAN
• ALPHA-TUBULIN
• ULTRASTRUCTURE
• TRIMASTIX