Genomics and chloroplast evolution: what did cyanobacteria do for plants?
Plant chloroplast originated, through endosymbiosis, from a cyanobacterium, but the genomic legacy of cyanobacterial ancestry extends far beyond the chloroplast itself, and persists in organisms that have lost chloroplasts completely.
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Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2003
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153454/ |