Endosymbiosis: Did Plastids Evolve from a Freshwater Cyanobacterium?

Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: R103 - R105
Published: Feb 1, 2017
Abstract
Photosynthetic eukaryotes are the product of an endosymbiotic event between a eukaryotic host and a cyanobacterium that became today's plastid. A new phylogenomic study suggests that the closest relative of plastids among extant cyanobacteria is the recently discovered freshwater-dwelling Gloeomargarita...
Paper Details
Title
Endosymbiosis: Did Plastids Evolve from a Freshwater Cyanobacterium?
Published Date
Feb 1, 2017
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
R103 - R105
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