After the primary endosymbiosis: An update on the chromalveolate hypothesis and the origins of algae with Chl c

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-115

  Green, Beverley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Chlorophyll c; Chloroplasts; Chromalveolate hypothesis; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Plastids; Secondary endosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; CHROMALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OOMYCETES; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 79551514620     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9584-2     Document Type: Review

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