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Origins and early evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes

@inproceedings{Toledo2018OriginsAE,
  title={Origins and early evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes},
  author={R. Toledo},
  year={2018}
}

R. Toledo

Published 2018

Biology

Primary plastids derive from a cyanobacterium that entered into an endosymbioticrelationship with a eukaryotic host. This event gave rise to the supergroup Archaeplastida whichcomprises Viridiplantae (green algae and land plants), Rhodophyta (red algae) and Glaucophyta. Afterprimary endosymbiosis, red and green algae spread the ability to photosynthesize to other eukaryoticlineages via secondary endosymbioses. Although considerable progress has been made in theunderstanding of the evolution of… CONTINUE READING

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