Tsukuba, Japan—Protists (eukaryotes, excluding animals, land plants, and fungi) comprise the bulk of the eukaryotic phylogenetic tree, making their diversity essential to understanding ...

In addition, a comprehensive reevaluation of the eukaryotic Tree of Life has highlighted cryptic diversity within understudied protist lineages, prompting a redefinition of supergroup boundaries ...

Protists (eukaryotes, excluding animals, land plants, and fungi) comprise the bulk of the eukaryotic phylogenetic tree, making their diversity essential to understanding eukaryotic evolution ...

The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025; 122 (13) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422968122 ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...

The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy ecosystems .

Protists (eukaryotes, excluding animals, land plants, and fungi) comprise the bulk of the eukaryotic phylogenetic tree, making their diversity essential to understanding eukaryotic evolution ...

In this article, you’ll learn how eukaryotic cells operate, providing a solid foundation for understanding how life functions ...

These two independent sets of analyses provided complementary fingerprints for certain eukaryotic groups. As part of the team's lipid research, they found many sterols and rRNA genes closely ...