After the primary endosymbiosis: an update on the chromalveolate hypothesis and the origins of algae with Chl c

Did Trypanosomatid Parasites Contain a Eukaryotic Alga–Derived Plastid in Their Evolutionary Past?

(2010) Andrzej Bodył et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles

(2010) D. Baurain et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids

(2010) P. J. Keeling   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution, metabolism and functions of the apicoplast

(2010) L. Lim et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids

(2010) J. Janouskovec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Plastid genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus: further insights on the evolution of red-algal derived plastids

(2009) Gildas Le Corguillé et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

(2009) John W Stiller et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Puzzle of Plastid Evolution

(2009) John M. Archibald   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functional and ecological impacts of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes

(2009) Patrick J Keeling   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Babesia bovis: A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of plastid-encoded genes supports green algal origin of apicoplasts

(2009) Audrey O.T. Lau et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Gene Sampling Can Bias Multi-Gene Phylogenetic Inferences: The Relationship between Red Algae and Green Plants as a Case Study

(2009) Y. Inagaki et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Signal Conflicts in the Phylogeny of the Primary Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

(2009) P. Deschamps et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic positions of Glaucophyta, green plants (Archaeplastida) and Haptophyta (Chromalveolata) as deduced from slowly evolving nuclear genes

(2009) Hisayoshi Nozaki et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS 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

Seeing Green and Red in Diatom Genomes

(2009) T. Dagan et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic Footprints of a Cryptic Plastid Endosymbiosis in Diatoms

(2009) A. Moustafa et al.   SCIENCE

The transferome of metabolic genes explored: analysis of the horizontal transfer of enzyme encoding genes in unicellular eukaryotes

(2009) John W Whitaker et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Phylogenomics reveals a new 'megagroup' including most photosynthetic eukaryotes

(2008) F. Burki et al.   Biology Letters

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

(2008) Burkhard Becker et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

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

Evolution of the apicoplast and its hosts: From heterotrophy to autotrophy and back again

(2008) Miroslav Oborník et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

The remarkable chloroplast genome of dinoflagellates

(2008) C. J. Howe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phylogeny of Dinoflagellate Plastid Genes Recently Transferred to the Nucleus Supports a Common Ancestry with Red Algal Plastid Genes

(2008) Yunling Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

A HYPOTHESIS FOR PLASTID EVOLUTION IN CHROMALVEOLATES1

(2008) M. Virginia Sanchez-Puerta et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Ancient Recruitment by Chromists of Green Algal Genes Encoding Enzymes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis

(2008) R. Frommolt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

(2008) Chris Bowler et al.   NATURE

A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites

(2008) Robert B. Moore et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

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

Chlamydiae Has Contributed at Least 55 Genes to Plantae with Predominantly Plastid Functions

(2008) Ahmed Moustafa et al.   PLoS One