Asgard (archaea)
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Proteoarchaeota |
| Superphylum: | Asgard Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, et al. 2017 |
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Asgard or Asgardarchaeota is a proposed superphylum consisting of a group of archaea that contain eukaryotic signature proteins. It appears that the eukaryotes, the domain that contains the animals, plants, and fungi, emerged within the Asgard, in a branch containing the Heimdallarchaeota. This supports the two-domain system of classification over the three-domain system.
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