| Title |
Patterns of kinesin evolution reveal a complex ancestral eukaryote with a multifunctional cytoskeleton
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, April 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-110 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bill Wickstead, Keith Gull, Thomas A Richards |
| Abstract |
The genesis of the eukaryotes was a pivotal event in evolution and was accompanied by the acquisition of numerous new cellular features including compartmentalization by cytoplasmic organelles, mitosis and meiosis, and ciliary motility. Essential for the development of these features was the tubulin cytoskeleton and associated motors. It is therefore possible to map ancient cell evolution by reconstructing the evolutionary history of motor proteins. Here, we have used the kinesin motor repertoire of 45 extant eukaryotes to infer the ancestral state of this superfamily in the last common eukaryotic ancestor (LCEA). |
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| United States | 4 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
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| Members of the public | 8 | 100% |
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| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 138 | 91% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 28% |
| Researcher | 30 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 11% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 62 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 55 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 1% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 12% |
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