Simplified eukaryotic tree and representative early eukaryotic fossils (IMAGE)

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Simplified eukaryotic tree and representative early eukaryotic fossils

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In eukaryotic tree, grey dash lines represent stem group eukaryotes. Solid lines denote crown group eukaryotes (LECA plus its descendants). Grey bars at nodes display the estimated age range of divergence of major branches from a molecular clock study (Parfrey et al., 2011, PNAS). Scale bar in the green algal fossil equals 500 μm; the rest are 50 μm

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MIAO Lanyun

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