Algal endosymbionts as vectors of horizontal gene transfer in photosynthetic eukaryotes

Photosynthesis in eukaryotes occurs in the plastid, an organelle that is derived from a single cyanobacterial primary endosymbiosis in the common ancestor of the supergroup Plantae (or Archaeplastida) that includes green, red, and glaucophyte algae and plants. However a variety of other phytoplankto...

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Main Authors: Huan eQiu, Hwan Su eYoon, Debashish eBhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
HGT
EGT
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00366/full