The new tree of eukaryotes
For 15 years, the eukaryote Tree of Life (eToL) has been divided into five to eight major
grou**s, known as 'supergroups'. However, the tree has been profoundly rearranged …
grou**s, known as 'supergroups'. However, the tree has been profoundly rearranged …
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 …
role in eukaryotic genome evolution, but its importance is often overshadowed by the greater …
BMGE (Block Map** and Gathering with Entropy): a new software for selection of phylogenetic informative regions from multiple sequence alignments
A Criscuolo, S Gribaldo - BMC evolutionary biology, 2010 - Springer
Background The quality of multiple sequence alignments plays an important role in the
accuracy of phylogenetic inference. It has been shown that removing ambiguously aligned …
accuracy of phylogenetic inference. It has been shown that removing ambiguously aligned …
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 …
similarities in how they were reduced and integrated with their host. However, the …
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 …
cyanobacterium, but their subsequent evolutionary history has proved complex because …
Untangling the early diversification of eukaryotes: a phylogenomic study of the evolutionary origins of Centrohelida, Haptophyta and Cryptista
F Burki, M Kaplan, DV Tikhonenkov… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Assembling the global eukaryotic tree of life has long been a major effort of Biology. In
recent years, pushed by the new availability of genome-scale data for microbial eukaryotes …
recent years, pushed by the new availability of genome-scale data for microbial eukaryotes …
The eukaryotic tree of life from a global phylogenomic perspective
F Burki - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized our knowledge of the eukaryotic tree of life. With
the advent of genomics, a new discipline of phylogenetics has emerged: phylogenomics …
the advent of genomics, a new discipline of phylogenetics has emerged: phylogenomics …
Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryotes Micromonas
Picoeukaryotes are a taxonomically diverse group of organisms less than 2 micrometers in
diameter. Photosynthetic marine picoeukaryotes in the genus Micromonas thrive in …
diameter. Photosynthetic marine picoeukaryotes in the genus Micromonas thrive in …
A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids
J Janouškovec, A Horák, M Oborník… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The discovery of a nonphotosynthetic plastid in malaria and other apicomplexan parasites
has sparked a contentious debate about its evolutionary origin. Molecular data have led to …
has sparked a contentious debate about its evolutionary origin. Molecular data have led to …
Plastid evolution
The ancestors of modern cyanobacteria invented O2-generating photosynthesis some 3.6
billion years ago. The conversion of water and CO2 into energy-rich sugars and O2 slowly …
billion years ago. The conversion of water and CO2 into energy-rich sugars and O2 slowly …