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From isolation to insights: mitochondrial complex I in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
The Plant Journal, Volume 125, Issue 3, February 2026.SUMMARY Diatoms are among the most ecologically successful microalgae, contributing significantly to marine primary production and global carbon cycling. Their distinctive metabolic architecture, shaped by a complex evolutionary history involving secondary endosymbiosis, includes a highly compartmentalized cell organization and unique metabolic ...
Federico Berdun +7 more
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A New Classification Framework to Understand Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
BioEssays, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2026.Classifying biological entities based on whether and how the two fundamental aspects physiological and evolutionary components are represented yields six types of structural organization. The resulting framework allows to compare different forms of organization, and, in this way, provides insight into the evolutionary processes giving rise to these ...
Saskia Wilmsen, Christian Kost
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Chlorophyll-binding proteins revisited - a multigenic family of light-harvesting and stress proteins from a brown algal perspective [PDF]
, 2010 Background Chlorophyll-binding proteins (CBPs) constitute a large family of proteins with diverse functions in both light-harvesting and photoprotection. The evolution of CBPs has been debated, especially with respect to the origin of the
Simon M Dittami +4 more
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Breath-giving cooperation: critical review of origin of mitochondria hypotheses Major unanswered questions point to the importance of early ecology [PDF]
, 2017 The origin of mitochondria is a unique and hard evolutionary problem, embedded within the origin of eukaryotes. The puzzle is challenging due to the egalitarian nature of the transition where lower-level units took over energy metabolism.
Szathmáry, Eörs, Zachar, István
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Reassessing Interkingdom Horizontal Gene Transfer Suggests Limited Influence on Plant Genomes
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has been proposed as an important contributor to plant genome evolution, with hundreds of candidate genes reported across kingdoms. By reanalyzing published cases with updated genomic data and phylogenetic reconstructions, we found that only 29.3% remain consistent with interkingdom HGT.
Kevin Aguirre‐Carvajal +1 more
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Endosymbiotic Evolution of Algae, Secondary Heterotrophy and Parasitism
Biomolecules, 2019 Photosynthesis is a biochemical process essential for life, serving as the ultimate source of chemical energy for phototrophic and heterotrophic life forms.
Miroslav Oborník
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2025.This review explores how the specific understanding of native microbiome dynamics can aid in advancing agricultural practices and food safety. It also reviews recent advances in microbiome‐targeted technologies, including personalized nutrition, functional foods, and engineered approaches.
Muhammad Tayyab Arshad +9 more
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THE ECOLOGY OF MUTUALISM [PDF]
, 1982 Elementary ecology texts tell us that organisms interact in three fundamen tal ways, generally given the names competition, predation, and mutualism. The third member has gotten short shrift (264), and even its name is not generally agreed on.
Boucher, Douglas H. +2 more
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Fundamental Molecules of Life are Pigments which Arose and Evolved to Dissipate the Solar Spectrum
, 2014 The driving force behind the origin and evolution of life has been the thermodynamic imperative of increasing the entropy production of the biosphere through increasing the global solar photon dissipation rate.
Michaelian, Karo, Simeonov, Aleksandar
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Plastid establishment did not require a chlamydial partner [PDF]
, 2015 Primary plastids descend from the cyanobacterial endosymbiont of an ancient eukaryotic host, but the initial selective drivers that stabilized the association between these two cells are still unclear.
Domman, Daryl +3 more
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