Nucleomorph Genome Sequences of Two Chlorarachniophytes, Amorphochlora amoebiformis and Lotharella vacuolata.

ABSTRACT: Many algal groups acquired complex plastids by the uptake of green and red algae through multiple secondary endosymbioses. As a result of gene loss and transfer during the endosymbiotic processes, algal endosymbiont nuclei disappeared in most cases. However, chlorarachniophytes and cryptophytes still possess a relict nucleus, so-called the nucleomorph, of the green and red algal endosymbiont, respectively. Nucleomorph genomes are an interesting and suitable model to study the reductive evolution of endosymbiotically derived genomes. To date, nucleomorph genomes have been sequenced in four cryptophyte species and two chlorarachniophyte species, including Bigelowiella natans (373 kb) and Lotharella oceanica (610 kb). In this study, we report complete nucleomorph genome sequences of two chlor

SUBMITTER: Suzuki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4494063 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature