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An Evaluation of a Possible Phylogenetic Relationship Between the Euglenophyta and Kinetoplastida

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Evolutionary Protistology

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Without close phylogenetic ties to any of the other algae, the Euglenophyta are a taxonomic enigma. The argument is made here that the euglenophytes have extensive morphological homology with the zooflagellate trypanosomatids, bodonids, and Isonema. A phylogenetic sequence is postulated linking these groups; the available data suggest that the euglenophytes had their origin in these zooflagellates and that the introduction of the chloroplast and a phototrophic mode of nutrition was a relatively late step in this evolutionary process.

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Kivic, P.A., Walne, P.L. (1984). An Evaluation of a Possible Phylogenetic Relationship Between the Euglenophyta and Kinetoplastida. In: Margulis, L., Soyer-Gobillard, MO., Corliss, J. (eds) Evolutionary Protistology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6398-6_10

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