Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-29

  Huang, Jinling ^a,b   Yue, Jipei ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Genome evolution; Plants; Plastids

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84876213574     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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