The origin of plastids

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1504, 2008, Pages 2675-2685

  Howe, C J ^a   Barbrook, A C ^a   Nisbet, R E R ^a   Lockhart, P J ^b   Larkum, A W D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Endosymbiosis; Monophyly; Phylogenetics; Plastid; Polyphyly

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; RECONSTRUCTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 47249160614     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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