The LECA had a conventional kinetochore and the kinetoplastid kinetochore is a derived feature – a critical evaluation of Akiyoshi, 2025
Summary: Akiyoshi, 2025 presented a hypothesis with implications for the early evolution of eukaryotes and eukaryotic cell division machinery. In this Correspondence, the authors conclude that this hypothesis leads to a highly implausible scenario.
Authors
- Thomas A. Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-0973)
- J. Lukes
- Eelco C. Tromer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3540-7727)
- Bill Wickstead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4620-9091)
- Geert J. P. L. Kops
- Andrew J. Roger
- Jolien J. E. Van Hooff
- Maximilian W. D. Raas
- Berend Snel
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NL)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Sewanee: The University of the South (US)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Oncode Institute (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cell Science
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.264452
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 23.07