The mesozoic radiation of eukaryotic algae: The portable plastid hypothesis

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-267

  Grzebyk, Daniel ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^a   Vetriani, Costantino ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Phytoplankton; Plastid genome; RUBISCO

Indexed keywords

ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037388327     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02082.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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