Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer in the Nucleomorph containing organisms Bigelowiella natans and Guillardia theta
Mitochondria and chloroplasts are eukaryotic organelles that were acquired through endosymbiosis. In the case of the mitochondrion, a heterotrophic cell engulfed and retained an alpha-proteobacterium. The engulfed bacterium, or endosymbiont, underwent extensive cellular and genetic integration with...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15808 |