Organelle evolution: what's in a name?
Curr Biol. 2008 Apr 22;18(8):R345-7
Authors: Keeling PJ, Archibald JM
Abstract
Plastids are organelles derived from cyanobacterial endosymbionts and the evolutionary process that gave rise to them is well understood. Or is it? The complete genome sequence of a recently evolved photosynthetic body in Paulinella chromatophora is cause for reflection on the distinction between 'endosymbiont' and 'organelle', and how the boundaries between these terms can blur.
PMID: 18430636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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