Eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfer gives rise to genome mosaicism in euglenids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Euglenophytes are a group of photosynthetic flagellates possessing a plastid derived from a green algal endosymbiont, which was incorporated into an ancestral host cell via secondary endosymbiosis. However, the impact of endosymbiosi...

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Main Authors: Weber Andreas PM, Archibald John M, Suzaki Toshinobu, Maruyama Shinichiro, Nozaki Hisayoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/105