Figure 3

Lamin and canonical metazoan-type IF protein evolution across eukaryotes.

The schematic tree represents the most commonly agreed phylogeny of the eukaryotes. Branches, in which lamin/mIF genes were not identified, were added based on the consensus of recent literature. Dashed lines indicate alternative placing of branches and coloured arrows illustrate alternatives for placing the root of the eukaryotes. The alveolate IFs include tetrins, alveolins, articulins and epiplasmins. The inlet table lists the lamin and nematocilin inventories of representative deuterostomian species.