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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/105 |