Assertion: ciliate | /r/CapableOf | form monophyletic group
Facets:
value: prior to the evolution of multicellularity
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In general, it is believed that ciliates form a monophyletic group that diverged from other eukaryotes early in evolutionary history, following the evolution of heterokaryotic genetic systems but prior to the evolution of multicellularity and some organelles such as endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex.