Reverse evolution : driving forces behind the loss of acquired photosynthetic traits

Background: The loss of photosynthesis has occurred often in eukaryotic evolution, even more than its acquisition, which occurred at least nine times independently and which generated the evolution of the supergroups Archaeplastida, Rhizaria, Chromalveolata and Excavata. This secondary loss of auto...

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Main Authors: de Castro, Francisco, Gaedke, Ursula, Boenigk, Jens
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2009
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-44968
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4496/