unikont
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editEtymology
editFrom uni- (“one”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
Noun
editunikont (plural unikonts)
- (biology) A eukaryotic cell with a single flagellum; thought to be the ancestor of all animals and fungi.
- 2017, David A. Baum, The Princeton Guide to Evolution, page 153:
- Today, it is thought based on DNA sequence data that the Fungi form a clade in the eukaryotic supergroup Unikonta (“unikonts”), which also includes animals and several protist lineages.
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