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| Title |
Endosymbiotic and horizontal gene transfer in microbial eukaryotes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Mobile Genetic Elements, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.4161/mge.20110 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cheong Xin Chan, Debashish Bhattacharya, Adrian Reyes-Prieto |
| Abstract |
The evolution of microbial eukaryotes, in particular of photosynthetic lineages, is complicated by multiple instances of endosymbiotic and horizontal gene transfer (E/HGT) resulting from plastid origin(s). Our recent analysis of diatom membrane transporters provides evidence of red and/or green algal origins of 172 of the genes encoding these proteins (ca. 25% of the examined phylogenies), with the majority putatively derived from green algae. These data suggest that E/HGT has been an important driver of evolutionary innovation among diatoms (and likely other stramenopiles), and lend further support to the hypothesis of an ancient, cryptic green algal endosymbiosis in "chromalveolate" lineages. Here, we discuss the implications of our findings on the understanding of eukaryote evolution and inference of the tree of life. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Greece | 1 | 3% |
| Czechia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 37 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 25% |
| Researcher | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 65% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 15% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 May 2013.
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#6,440,517
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Outputs from Mobile Genetic Elements
#18
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#66,705
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#10
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So far Altmetric has tracked 127 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its peers.
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