Symbiogenesis: Mechanisms, evolutionary consequences, and systematic implications

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-172

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorarachnea; Chloroplasts; Chromista; Dinoflagellate chloroplast replacement; Euglenophyceae; Gene transfer; Membrane heredity; Mitochondria; Nucleomorphs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CERCOZOA; CHROMALVEOLATA; CHROMISTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLANTAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RHIZARIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84888589498     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160320     Document Type: Review

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