Analysis of EST data of the marine protist Oxyrrhis marina, an emerging model for alveolate biology and evolution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The alveolates include a large number of important lineages of protists and algae, among which are three major eukaryotic groups: ciliates, apicomplexans and dinoflagellates. Collectively alveolates are present in virtually every environment and include a vast diversity of cell shapes, molecular and cellular features and feeding modes including lifestyles such as phototrophy, phagotrophy/predation and intracellular parasitism, in addition to a variety of symbiotic associations. Oxyrrhis marina is a well-known model for heterotrophic protist biology, and is now emerging as a useful organism to explore the many changes that occurred during the origin and diversification of dinoflagellates by virtue of its phylogenetic position at the base of the dinoflagellate tree.

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SUBMITTER: Lee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3942190 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature