Why it is time to look beyond algal genes in photosynthetic slugs

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2602-2607

  Rauch, Cessa ^a   De Vries, Jan ^a   Rommel, Sophie ^a   Rose, Laura E ^a   Woehle, Christian ^b   Christa, Gregor ^a   Laetz, Elise M ^c   Wägele, Heike ^c   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^d,e   Nickelsen, Jörg ^f   Schumann, Tobias ^a   Jahns, Peter ^a   Gould, Sven B ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kleptoplasty; Lateral gene transfer; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic sea slugs; Plastid biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROPODA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS;

EID: 84958686549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv173     Document Type: Article

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