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superphylum

[ soo-per-fahy-luhm ]

noun

, Biology.
, plural su·per·phy·la [soo, -per-fahy-l, uh].
  1. a category of related phyla within a kingdom.


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We have shown that these lineages form a candidate superphylum, designated Asgard archaea, that affiliates robustly with eukaryotes in phylogenetic analyses, and that reconstructed Asgard genomes encode an enriched repertoire of eukaryotic signature proteins.

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Previously, genetic studies have been used to group the seemingly disparate animals together in a superphylum called Ecdysozoa.

Average bootstrap support values are provided for each phylum and superphylum when resolved.

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Average bootstrap support values are provided for each phylum and superphylum when resolved.

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