Picozoans Are Algae After All: Study
Picozoans Are Algae After All: Study
Phylogenomics data place the enigmatic plankton in the middle of the algal family tree, despite their apparent lack of plastids—an organelle characteristic of all other algae.
Phylogenomics data place the enigmatic plankton in the middle of the algal family tree, despite their apparent lack of plastids—an organelle characteristic of all other algae.
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Plant Cells Swap Organelles
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Their relocation explains horizontal genome transfer first described more than a decade ago.
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The gene behind a butterfly’s mimicry; the evolution of adipose fins; bacteria and bowel cancer; plants lacking plastid genomes
Plants Without Plastid Genomes
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Two independent teams point to different plants that may have lost their plastid genomes.
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Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
The Plastid Gene Shuffle
David Smith | Dec 31, 2012 | 1 min read
How plastid genetic information survived (or didn’t) the endosymbiotic experience