Analysis of alexandrium tamarense (dinophyceae) genes reveals the complex evolutionary history of a microbial eukaryote

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1130-1142

  Chan, Cheong Xin ^a,f   Soares, Marcelo B ^b   Bonaldo, Maria F ^b   Wisecaver, Jennifer H ^c   Hackett, Jeremiah D ^c   Anderson, Donald M ^d   Erdner, Deana L ^e   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Endosymbiosis; Eukaryote evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84867231487     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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