Genome fragmentation is not confined to the peridinin plastid in dinoflagellates.

When plastids are transferred between eukaryote lineages through series of endosymbiosis, their environment changes dramatically. Comparison of dinoflagellate plastids that originated from different algal groups has revealed convergent evolution, suggesting that the host environment mainly influence...

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Main Authors: Mari Espelund, Marianne A Minge, Tove M Gabrielsen, Alexander J Nederbragt, Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi, Christian Otis, Monique Turmel, Claude Lemieux, Kjetill S Jakobsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22719952/pdf/?tool=EBI