The symbiotic birth and spread of plastids: How many times and whodunit?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-12

  Palmer, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; EVOLUTION; PLASTID;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 0037327022     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02185.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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