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- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification abstract "The classification system of life introduced by British zoologist Thomas Cavalier-Smith involves systematic arrangements of all life forms on earth. Following and improving the classification systems introduced by Carl Linnaeus, Ernst Haeckel, Robert Whittaker, and Carl Woese, Cavalier-Smith's classification attempts to incorporate the latest developments in taxonomy. His classification has been a mojor foundation in modern taxonomy, particularly with revisions and reorgnisations of kingdoms and phyla. Cavalier-Smith has published extensively on the classification of protists. One of his major contributions to biology was his proposal of a new kingdom of life: the Chromista, although the usefulness of the grouping is questionable given that it is generally agreed to be an arbitrary (polyphyletic) grouping of taxa. He also proposed that all chromista and alveolata share the same common ancestor, a claim later refuted by studies of morphological and molecular evidence by other labs. He named this new group the Chromalveolates. He also proposed and named many other high-rank taxa, like Opisthokonta (1987), Rhizaria (2002), and Excavata (2002). Together with Chromalveolata, Amoebozoa (he amended their description in 1998), and Archaeplastida (which he called Plantae since 1981) the six form the basis of current taxonomy of eukaryotes. Prof. Cavalier-Smith has also published prodigiously on issues such as the origin of various cellular organelles (including the nucleus, mitochondria), genome size evolution, and endosymbiosis. Though fairly well known, many of his claims have been controversial and have not gained widespread acceptance in the scientific community to date. Most recently, he has published a paper citing the paraphyly of his bacterial kingdom, the origin of Neomura from Actinobacteria and taxonomy of prokaryotes.According to Palaeos.com: Prof. Cavalier-Smith of Oxford University has produced a large body of work which is well regarded. Still, he is controversial in a way that is a bit difficult to describe. The issue may be one of writing style. Cavalier-Smith has a tendency to make pronouncements where others would use declarative sentences, to use declarative sentences where others would express an opinion, and to express opinions where angels would fear to tread. In addition, he can sound arrogant, reactionary, and even perverse. On the other [hand], he has a long history of being right when everyone else was wrong. To our way of thinking, all of this is overshadowed by one incomparable virtue: the fact that he will grapple with the details. This makes for very long, very complex papers and causes all manner of dark murmuring, tearing of hair, and gnashing of teeth among those tasked with trying to explain his views of early life. See, [for example], Zrzavý (2001) [and] Patterson (1999). Nevertheless, he deals with all of the relevant facts.".
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- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Acanthocephala.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Actinobacteria.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Algae.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Alveolate.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ambiguity.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ambulacraria.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink American_English.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Amoeba.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Amoeba_(genus).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Amoebozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Anatomical_terms_of_location.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Annelid.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Apicomplexa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Apusozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Arachnid.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Archaea.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Archaeplastida.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Archamoebae.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Archezoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ascetosporea.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Aschelminth.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Bacteria.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Bacterial_taxonomy.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Bikont.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Bilateria.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Botany.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Brachiopod.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Brachiozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Bryozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cabozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Woese.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Catalogue_of_Life.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Categorization.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Category:High-level_systems_of_taxonomy.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Category:Taxonomy_(biology).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cell_(biology).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cell_nucleus.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Centriole.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cercozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Chaetognatha.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Charophyta.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Chloroplast.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Choanozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Chromalveolata.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Chromista.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ciliate.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cilium.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Clade.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Clam.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cnidaria.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Coelenterata.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Collagen.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Conchozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Crista.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Crustacean.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cryptista.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ctenophora.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Cytosol.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Deuterostome.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Dinoflagellate.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Dinozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Diphylleida.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Division_(botany).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Domain_(biology).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ecdysozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Echinoderm.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Endoplasmic_reticulum.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Entoprocta.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Ernst_Haeckel.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Euglenozoa.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Eukaryote.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Evolution.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Evolutionary_biology.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Excavata.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Exon.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Fern.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Flagellate.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Flagellum.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Flatworm.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Foraminifera.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Gastrotrich.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Genome_size.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink George_E._Fox.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Glaucophyte.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Gnathifera_(clade).
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Gnathostomulid.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Golgi_apparatus.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Green_algae.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Haptophyte.
- Cavalier-Smiths_system_of_classification wikiPageWikiLink Heliozoa.