Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: aligning theory with data

PJ Keeling - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or lateral gene transfer, is the non-sexual movement of
genetic information between genomes. It has played a pronounced part in bacterial and …

Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production

R Radakovits, RE **kerson, A Darzins… - Eukaryotic …, 2010‏ - journals.asm.org
There are currently intensive global research efforts aimed at increasing and modifying the
accumulation of lipids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, polysaccharides, and other energy storage …

PhycoCosm, a comparative algal genomics resource

IV Grigoriev, RD Hayes, S Calhoun… - Nucleic acids …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Algae are a diverse, polyphyletic group of photosynthetic eukaryotes spanning nearly all
eukaryotic lineages of life and collectively responsible for∼ 50% of photosynthesis on Earth …

The Genome of the Diatom Thalassiosira Pseudonana: Ecology, Evolution, and Metabolism

EV Armbrust, JA Berges, C Bowler, BR Green… - Science, 2004‏ - science.org
Diatoms are unicellular algae with plastids acquired by secondary endosymbiosis. They are
responsible for∼ 20% of global carbon fixation. We report the 34 million–base pair draft …

Microalgae as sustainable renewable energy feedstock for biofuel production

SR Medipally, FM Yusoff, S Banerjee… - BioMed research …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The world energy crisis and increased greenhouse gas emissions have driven the search
for alternative and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. According to life …

[کتاب][B] Evolution: a view from the 21st century

JA Shapiro - 2011‏ - books.google.com
James A. Shapiro proposes an important new paradigm for understanding biological
evolution, the core organizing principle of biology. Shapiro introduces crucial new molecular …

Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes

JN Timmis, MA Ayliffe, CY Huang, W Martin - Nature reviews genetics, 2004‏ - nature.com
Genome sequences reveal that a deluge of DNA from organelles has constantly been
bombarding the nucleus since the origin of organelles. Recent experiments have shown that …

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

PJ Keeling, JD Palmer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2008‏ - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT; also known as lateral gene transfer) has had an important
role in eukaryotic genome evolution, but its importance is often overshadowed by the greater …

The number, speed, and impact of plastid endosymbioses in eukaryotic evolution

PJ Keeling - Annual review of plant biology, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
Plastids (chloroplasts) have long been recognized to have originated by endosymbiosis of a
cyanobacterium, but their subsequent evolutionary history has proved complex because …

The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids

PJ Keeling - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plastids and mitochondria each arose from a single endosymbiotic event and share many
similarities in how they were reduced and integrated with their host. However, the …