PLANT GENE SHAKEUPS. “Photosynthetic eukaryotes arose following the endosymbiotic acquisition of a cyanobacterial ancestor by a non-photosynthetic eukaryote in the Archaeplastida (Plantae) lineage. Several other eukaryote lineages, including the diatoms, haptophytes and euglenids, subsequently gained plastids through a secondary endosymbiosis with either a red or green alga. These plastid endosymbioses were accompanied by lateral gene transfer on a massive scale from the symbiont to the host nuclear genome (known as endosymbiotic gene transfer or EGT), giving rise to the complex physiologies of photosynthetic eukaryotes.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022