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From: Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae

Fig. 2

Molecular phylogeny of the colonial volvocine algae (Tetrabaenaceae, Goniaceae, and Volvocaceae) and closely related unicellular taxa represented by Chlamydomonas and Vitreochlamys with Chlorella variabilis as the outgroup. The phylogenetic tree shown is based on a multi-gene dataset of single-copy, protein-coding nuclear genes (12,650 aligned amino acid positions of 68 taxa) inferred using the maximum likelihood method, the branching order of which is identical to that inferred in the Bayesian Inference using MrBayes. Numbers on branches represent bootstrap values and Bayesian posterior probabilities, respectively (all support values not shown are MLBS = 100, BPP = 1.0). Branch lengths correspond to genetic divergence, as indicated by the scale bar. Members of the Tetrabaenaceae, Goniaceae, and Volvocaceae are denoted in orange, purple, and green, respectively; unicellular species are denoted in black

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