Red algal parasites: Models for a life history evolution that leaves photosynthesis behind again and again

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-235

  Blouin, Nicolas A ^a   Lane, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome reduction; Life history; Parasite evolution; Red algae

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME;

ALGAL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RED ALGA; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; RHODOPHYTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84857064812     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100139     Document Type: Review

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