Tracing the thread of plastid diversity through the tapestry of life

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Delwiche, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Chloroplast; Endosymbiosis; Phylogeny; Plastid; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

GENE LOSS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PLASTID;

ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032727696     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2463984     Document Type: Article

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