Evidence that an amoeba acquired a chloroplast by retaining part of an engulfed eukaryotic alga
Evidence that an amoeba acquired a chloroplast by retaining part of an engulfed eukaryotic alga
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Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Chlorarachniophytes are amoeboid algae with unusual chloroplasts. Instead of the usual two membranes that surround the chloroplasts of plants, green algae, and red algae, the chloroplasts of chlorarachniophytes have four bounding membranes. The extra membranes may reflect an unusual origin of chlorarachniophyte chloroplasts. Rather than inheriting...
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Evidence that an amoeba acquired a chloroplast by retaining part of an engulfed eukaryotic alga
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_8170970
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_8170970
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.91.9.3690
