Going, going, not quite gone: Nucleomorphs as a case study in nuclear genome reduction

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 582-590

  Archibald, John M ^a   Lane, Christopher E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophytes; Cryptophytes; Endosymbionts; Genome reduction; Organelles

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BIOLOGY; CASE STUDY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYTES; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOME; CRYPTOPHYTES; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; CRYPTOPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; PLASTIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 69249222668     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp055     Document Type: Review

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