Algal Genes in the Closest Relatives of Animals

Sizing up the genomic footprint of endosymbiosis

(2009) Marek Elias et al.   BIOESSAYS

Cyanobacterial contribution to the genomes of the plastid-lacking protists

(2009) Shinichiro Maruyama et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Are algal genes in nonphotosynthetic protists evidence of historical plastid endosymbioses?

(2009) John W Stiller et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functional replacement of a primary metabolic pathway via multiple independent eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfers and selective retention

(2009) A. M. NEDELCU et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Eukaryotic and Eubacterial Contributions to the Establishment of Plastid Proteome Estimated by Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses

(2009) K. Suzuki et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups"

(2009) V. Hampl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic Footprints of a Cryptic Plastid Endosymbiosis in Diatoms

(2009) A. Moustafa et al.   SCIENCE

Chromalveolate plastids: direct descent or multiple endosymbioses?

(2009) Andrzej Bodył et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Estimating the size of the bacterial pan-genome

(2009) Pascal Lapierre et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Phylogenomics reveals a new 'megagroup' including most photosynthetic eukaryotes

(2008) F. Burki et al.   Biology Letters

Origins of a cyanobacterial 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in plastid-lacking eukaryotes

(2008) Shinichiro Maruyama et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes

(2008) Hwan Su Yoon et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

(2008) Burkhard Becker et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Plastid Evolution: Remnant Algal Genes in Ciliates

(2008) John M. Archibald   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Multiple Genes of Apparent Algal Origin Suggest Ciliates May Once Have Been Photosynthetic

(2008) Adrian Reyes-Prieto et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Organelle Evolution: What's in a Name?

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Adaptive eukaryote-to-eukaryote lateral gene transfer: stress-related genes of algal origin in the closest unicellular relatives of animals

(2008) A. M. NEDELCU et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A Phylogenomic Investigation into the Origin of Metazoa

(2008) Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Improved General Amino Acid Replacement Matrix

(2008) S. Q. Le et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

(2008) Chris Bowler et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica

(2008) M. E. Rumpho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution

(2008) Jinling Huang et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY