The chloroplast genomes of the green algae Pyramimonas, Monomastix, and Pycnococcus shed new light on the evolutionary history of prasinophytes and the origin of the secondary chloroplasts of euglenids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 631-648

  Turmel, Monique ^a   Gagnon, Marie Christine ^a   O'Kelly, Charley J ^b   Otis, Christian ^a   Lemieux, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast genome evolution; Euglenids; Genome reduction; Horizontal DNA transfers; Phylogenomics; Prasinophyte green algae; Secondary endosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, ALGAL; EUGLENIDA; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; BIGELOWIELLA NATANS; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; MAMIELLALES; MONOMASTIX; NEPHROSELMIS OLIVACEA; OSTREOCOCCUS; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PYCNOCOCCACEAE; PYCNOCOCCUS; PYCNOCOCCUS PROVASOLII; PYRAMIMONADALES; PYRAMIMONAS; PYRAMIMONAS PARKEAE;

EID: 60149094050     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn285     Document Type: Article

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