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Relationship troubles at the mitochondrial level and what it might mean for human disease [PDF]
Open BiologyUnderstanding and treating disease depend upon our knowledge of how the body works. The biomedical approach to disease describes health purely in terms of biological factors, with a focus on the genome as the molecular basis for cellular function and ...
Rachel James
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Perspectives on Endosymbiosis in Coralloid Roots: Association of Cycads and Cyanobacteria
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Past endosymbiotic events allowed photosynthetic organisms to flourish and evolve in terrestrial areas. The precursor of chloroplasts was an ancient photosynthetic cyanobacterium.
, Aimee Caye G Chang, Jun Duan
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Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary The evolutionary origin of red algae‐derived complex plastids remains obscure. Cryptophyta, one of four eukaryotic lineages harboring these plastids, still contains nucleomorphs, which are highly reduced remnants of red algal nuclei. The genes present on nucleomorph genomes can be used for phylogenomic reconstruction in order to unravel the ...
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Multifunctional aspects of Piriformospora indica in plant endosymbiosis
Mycology, 2019 Piriformospora indica (Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota) is an endophytic fungus that colonises plant roots, and was originally isolated from Rajasthan desert. It is comparable to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in terms of plant growth promotional effects.
Manjula S
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Developmental Integration of Endosymbionts in Insects
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 In endosymbiosis, two independently existing entities are inextricably intertwined such that they behave as a single unit. For multicellular hosts, the endosymbiont must be integrated within the host developmental genetic network to maintain the ...
Ab. Matteen Rafiqi +7 more
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Obligate endosymbiosis enables genome expansion during eukaryogenesis
Communications Biology, 2023 The endosymbiosis of an alpha-proteobacterium that gave rise to mitochondria was one of the key events in eukaryogenesis. One striking outcome of eukaryogenesis was a much more complex cell with a large genome.
Samuel H. A. von der Dunk +2 more
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iScience, 2023 Summary: Endosymbiosis with chemosynthetic Gammaproteobacteria is widely recognized as an adaptive mechanism of siboglinid tubeworms, yet evolution of these endosymbionts and their driving forces remain elusive.
Zhao-Ming Gao +7 more
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Complexity, 2021 Endosymbiosis is a type of symbiosis where one species of microscopic scale inhabits the cell of another species of a larger scale, such that the exchange of metabolic byproducts produces mutual benefit.
Tomas Veloz, Daniela Flores
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Eco-Evolutionary Perspectives on Mixoplankton
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Mixotrophy, i.e., the capability of both phototrophy and phagotrophy within a single organism, is a prominent trophic mode in aquatic ecosystems. Mixotrophic strategies can be highly advantageous when feeding or photosynthesis alone does not sustain ...
Joost Samir Mansour +2 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Many insects harbor bacterial endosymbionts that supply essential nutrients and enable their hosts to thrive on a nutritionally unbalanced diet. Comparisons of the genomes of endosymbionts and their insect hosts have revealed multiple cases of mutually ...
Yukihiro Kinjo +5 more
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