Microbial Eukaryotes: Origin, evolution and biology
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Original author: Philippe Silar
Translated, modified and adapted for the web: Markus Hiltunen, Mahwash Jamy, Fabien Burki, Hanna Johannesson
Table of contents
Preface
Part 1. Origin of the eukaryotic cell
- Reminder of the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- In the footsteps of an intermediary between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- What traces has the past left us?
- Some theories to explain the origin of the eukaryotic cell
- Major events marking the evolution of eukaryotes
Part 2. Diversity of the eukaryotic domain
- A brief history of the classification of living organisms
- Towards an estimate of the diversity of eukaryotic protists
- Methods for classifying organisms
- The phylogenetic classification of eukaryotes