A rare case of plastid protein‐coding gene duplication in the chloroplast genome of Euglena archaeoplastidiata (Euglenophyta)

Gene duplication is an important evolutionary process that allows duplicate functions to diverge, or, in some cases, allows for new functional gains. However, in contrast to the nuclear genome, gene duplications within the chloroplast are extremely rare. Here, we present the chloroplast genome of the photosynthetic protist Euglena archaeoplastidiata . Upon annotation, it was found that the chloroplast genome contained a novel tandem direct...