Plastid establishment did not require a chlamydial partner
Primary plastids descend from the cyanobacterial endosymbiont of an ancient eukaryotic host, but the initial selective drivers that stabilized the association between these two cells are still unclear. One hypothesis that has achieved recent prominence suggests that the first role of the cyanobiont...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374161/ |