Metabolic pathway redundancy within the apicomplexan-dinoflagellate radiation argues against an ancient chromalveolate plastid
The chromalveolate hypothesis presents an attractively simple explanation for the presence of red algal-derived secondary plastids in 5 major eukaryotic lineages: “chromista” phyla, cryptophytes, haptophytes and ochrophytes; and alveolate phyla, dinoflagellates and apicomplexans. It posits that a si...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Communicative & Integrative Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2015.1116653 |