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John Macfarlane was the first to recognize Eukaryota as a group

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Shɨshkin, Y. John Macfarlane was the first to recognize Eukaryota as a group. Nat Microbiol 7, 739–740 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01129-5

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