Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis resolves deep-level relationships within the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The green algae represent one of the most successful groups of photosynthetic eukaryotes, but compared to their land plant relatives, surprisingly little is known about their evolutionary history. This is in great part due to the difficulty of recognizing species diversity behind morphologically similar organisms. The Trebouxiophyceae is a species-rich class of the Chlorophyta that includes symbionts (e.g. lichenized algae) as well as free-living green algae. Members of this group display remarkable ecological variation, occurring in aquatic, terrestrial and aeroterrestrial environments. Because a reliable backbone phylogeny is essential to understand the evolutionary history of the Trebouxiophyceae, we sought to identify the relationships among the major trebouxiophycea

SUBMITTER: Lemieux C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4189289 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature