Origins of Plastids

Symbiogenesis, Prochlorophytes and the Origins of Chloroplasts

AvRalph A. Lewin

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

This volume reviews recent data on the possible endosymbiotic evolution of the organelle structures called chloroplasts. It looks at symbiosis and symbiogenesis as a mechanism of evolution. This theory of endosymbiotic evolution postulates that photosynthetic prokaryotes living as endosymbionts within eukaryotic cells gradually evolved into the organelle structures called chloroplasts. The theory is controversial but has been strongly advocated by Lynn Margulis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-02-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:753 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:393
Upplaga:1993
Förlag:Chapman and Hall
ISBN:9780412036910

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Introductory remarks.- Chloroplast-retention in ciliated protozoa.- Green ciliates: principles of symbiosis formation between autotrophic and heterotrophic partners.- Insights into symbiotic acquisition of organelles from studies of the green hydra.- From prey via endosymbiont to plastid: comparative studies in dinoflagellates.- Membranes and plastid origins.- The evolution of algal chloroplasts.- Prochlorophyte evolution and the origin of chloroplasts: morphological and molecular evidence.- Comparison of sequences and organization of photosynthesis genes among the prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix hollandica, cyanobacteria, and chloroplasts.- Molecular phylogeny of oxygenic phototrophic cells and organelles from small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences.- Molecular phylogeny of algal plastids: a brief review of host/endosymbiont genome development based on sequence comparisons.- Phylogenetic origin of the plastids.- Origin and evolution of plastids from chlorophyll-a+c-containing algae: suggested ancestral relationships to red and green algal plastids.- Probable evolutionary history of cryptomonad algae.- The origin, losses and gains of chloroplasts.- Plastid phylogeny and the problem of biased base composition.- Envoi.- Gene Glossary.- Author Index.- Taxonomic Index.- General Index.