Why are plastid genomes retained in non-photosynthetic organisms?

2006/01/10 by Adrian C. Barbrook, Christopher J. Howe, Saul Purton · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · #Algae #Biology #Botany #Chloroplast #Endosymbiosis #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Horizontal gene transfer #Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis #Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics #Photosynthesis #Plastid #Protist diversity and phylogeny

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.12.004

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Citations

• High-frequency gene transfer from the chloroplast genome to the nucleus
• Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis , cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus
• Direct measurement of the transfer rate of chloroplast DNA into the nucleus
• Valoración del suelo: método residual dinámico simplificado
• THE SYMBIOTIC BIRTH AND SPREAD OF PLASTIDS: HOW MANY TIMES AND WHODUNIT?

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• Molecular Evolution of Plastid Genomes in Parasitic Flowering Plants
• Plastid [wikipedia]