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Plastid evolution: remnant algal genes in ciliates.
Curr Biol. 2008 Aug 5;18(15):R663-R665
Authors: Archibald JM
Abstract
Determination of the number of times that plastids have been gained and lost during eukaryotic evolution has proven difficult. A recent study has uncovered what could be the molecular signature of a photosynthetic ancestry for an important plastid-lacking lineage of microbial eukaryotes--the ciliates.
PMID: 18682209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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