Perfection of eccentricity: Mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids
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Diplonemids
Lukeš et al. introduce an enigmatic group of unicellular eukaryotes called the diplonemids, which according to recent surveys may be widespread in marine ecosystems.
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عنوان ژورنال: IUBMB Life
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1521-6543
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1927