Euglenozoa are paraphyletic if the eukaryotic root lies between glycomonads and the rest of eukaryotes. Response to ‘The LECA had a conventional kinetochore and the kinetoplastid kinetochore is a derived feature’
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Summary: In response to a Correspondence by Raas et al., the author of Akiyoshi, 2025 maintains the hypothesis that glycomonads are the earliest-branching eukaryotes and that ancestral eukaryotes lacked kinetochores.
Source: Journal of Cell Science
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.264522
Author: Bungo Akiyoshi
Institutions: Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Wellcome Trust
OpenAlex ID: W7128776022