Retrotransposition facilitated the establishment of a primary plastid in the thecate amoeba Paulinella
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121241119
Abstract: Significance Primary endosymbiosis allowed the evolution of complex life on Earth. In this process, a prokaryote was engulfed and retained in the cytoplasm of another microbe, where it developed into a new organelle (mitochondria and… read more here.
Keywords: amoeba paulinella; retrotransposition facilitated; paulinella; facilitated establishment ... See more keywords