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Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs
- Source :
- Nature, 492 (7427). pp. 59-65., Curtis, Bruce A.; Tanifuji, Goro; Burki, Fabien; Gruber, Ansgar; Irimia, Manuuel; Maruyama, Shinichiro; et al.(2012). Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs. Nature. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0172q4v5
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread secondary endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae. Unlike most secondary plastid-bearing algae, miniaturized versions of the endosymbiont nuclei (nucleomorphs) persist in cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes. To determine why, and to address other fundamental questions about eukaryote–eukaryote endosymbiosis, we sequenced the nuclear genomes of the cryptophyte Guillardia theta and the chlorarachniophyte Bigelowiella natans. Both genomes have
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Proteome
Genome, Plastid
Molecular Sequence Data
comparative genomics
01 natural sciences
Chlorarachniophyte
Evolution, Molecular
03 medical and health sciences
Cytosol
ddc:570
Gene Duplication
Cryptophyta
Plastid
Nucleomorph
Cercozoa
Symbiosis
Phylogeny
030304 developmental biology
Genetics
Cell Nucleus
0303 health sciences
Multidisciplinary
Host cell cytosol
Genes, Essential
Genome
biology
Endosymbiosis
Mosaicism
fungi
Algal Proteins
15. Life on land
biology.organism_classification
Alternative Splicing
Protein Transport
Bigelowiella natans
Genome, Mitochondrial
Eukaryote
Transcriptome
Genome, Plant
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14764687
- Volume :
- 492
- Issue :
- 7427
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4721502d6dd23690d5d469e36e3aad79