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Primary Plastid Evolution

Primary Plastid Evolution is a foundational evolutionary process in which a free-living cyanobacterium was engulfed by a eukaryotic host and subsequently transformed into a permanent photosynthetic organelle through endosymbiosis, giving rise to the first plastid in the ancestor of Archaeplastida.

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2017–2026

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Tracing the Thread of Plastid Diversity through the Tapestry of Life

Charles F. Delwiche · The American Naturalist · 1999 · 401 citations

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<i>Cyanophora paradoxa</i> Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

Dana C. Price, Cheong Xin Chan, Hwan Su Yoon et al. · Science · 2012 · 382 citations · Full text

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The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids

Hwan Su Yoon, Jeremiah D. Hackett, Gabriele Pinto et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 378 citations · Full text

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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENDOSYMBIOSIS AND THE ORIGIN OF PLASTIDS

Geoffrey I. McFadden · Journal of Phycology · 2001 · 365 citations

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A Plastid in the Making: Evidence for a Second Primary Endosymbiosis

Birger Marin, Eva C. M. Nowack, Michael Melkonian · Protist · 2005 · 318 citations

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Authors

286

  1. DB
    Debashish Bhattacharya

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. HS
    Hwan Su Yoon

    Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

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  3. AR
    Adrián Reyes‐Prieto

    University of New Brunswick, Canada

    7 publications · 1K citations

    7

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  4. PM
    Paweł Mackiewicz

    University of Wrocław, Poland

    5 publications · 147 citations

    5

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  5. PJ
    Patrick J. Keeling

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 377 citations

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Institutions

162

  1. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Wrocław

    Wroclaw, Poland

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    360 citations

  6. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    803 citations

  7. Science for Life Laboratory

    Stockholm, Sweden

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    499 citations

  8. East Carolina University

    Greenville, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    549 citations

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  1. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

    7 publications · 166 citations

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  2. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    6 publications · 240 citations

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  3. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 6 publications · 521 citations

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  4. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    6 publications · 374 citations

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  5. Journal of Phycology

    5 publications · 960 citations

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