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Small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequence from Naegleria gruberi supports the polyphyletic origin of amoebas
1Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399.
Molecular Biology and Evolution
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
We have sequenced the small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene of the amoebo-flagellate protozoan Naegleria gruberi. Comparison of this sequence with the rRNA sequences of other eukaryotes resulted in a phylogenetic tree that supports the suggested polyphyletic origin of amoebas and suggests a flagellate ancestry for Naegleria.