Tracing the evolutionary pathway: on the origin of mitochondria and eukaryogenesis. [PDF]
FEBS JThis study examines the stepwise transition from archaeal–bacterial associations to the emergence of eukaryotic cells. Metabolic cooperation and endosymbiosis fostered ecological and genetic integration, with extensive gene transfer reshaping host biology.
Bravo-Arévalo JE.
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Wolbachia injection from usual to naive host in Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2001 Wolbachia pipientis (Hertig) (Rickettsiaceae) is an endocellular bacterium infecting numerous species of arthropods. The bacterium is harboured by males and females but is only transmitted maternally because spermatocytes shed their Wolbachia during ...
Denis POINSOT, Herve MERÇOT
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Syntrophic cooperation among prokaryotes is ubiquitous and diverse. It relies on unilateral or mutual aid that may be both catalytic and metabolic in nature.
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Algal symbionts of corals can influence host stress resistance; for example, in the Pacific Ocean, whereas Cladocopium (C-type) is generally dominant in corals, Durusdinium (D-type) is found in more heat-resistant corals.
Ikuko Yuyama +4 more
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Roman roads: The hierarchical endosymbiosis of cognitive modules [PDF]
, 2009 Serial endosymbiosis theory provides a unifying paradigm for examining the interaction of cognitive modules at vastly different scales of biological, social, and cultural organization.
Wallace, Rodrick
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Phylogenomic analysis of "red" genes from two divergent species of the "green" secondary phototrophs, the chlorarachniophytes, suggests multiple horizontal gene transfers from the red lineage before the divergence of extant chlorarachniophytes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The plastids of chlorarachniophytes were derived from an ancestral green alga via secondary endosymbiosis. Thus, genes from the "green" lineage via secondary endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) are expected in the nuclear genomes of the Chlorarachniophyta.
Yi Yang +4 more
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Integrating Horizontal Gene Transfer and Common Descent to Depict Evolution and Contrast It with ‘‘Common Design [PDF]
, 2010 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and common descent interact in space and time. Because events of HGT co-occur with phylogenetic evolution, it is difficult to depict evolutionary patterns graphically. Tree-like representations of life’s diversification are
Espinosa, Avelina +1 more
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Endosymbiosis or Bust: Influence of Ectosymbiosis on Evolution of Obligate Endosymbiosis
The 2022 Conference on Artificial Life, 2022 Endosymbiosis, symbiosis in which one symbiont lives inside another, is woven throughout the history of life and the story of its evolution. From the mitochondrion residing in almost every eukaryotic cell to the gut microbiome found in every human, endosymbiosis is a cornerstone of the biological processes that sustain life on Earth.
Johnson, Kiara +3 more
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eLife, 2017 Transcriptomics is shedding new light on the relationship between photosynthetic algae and salamander eggs.
Steven G Ball, Ugo Cenci
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Unity Makes Strength: A Review on Mutualistic Symbiosis in Representative Insect Clades
Life, 2019 Settled on the foundations laid by zoologists and embryologists more than a century ago, the study of symbiosis between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is an expanding field.
Rosario Gil, Amparo Latorre
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