The serial endosymbiosis theory is a favored model for explaining the origin of mitochondria,
a defining event in the evolution of eukaryotic cells. As usually described, this theory posits …

Genome sequences reveal that a deluge of DNA from organelles has constantly been
bombarding the nucleus since the origin of organelles. Recent experiments have shown that …

A new hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotic cells is proposed, based on the comparative
biochemistry of energy metabolism. Eukaryotes are suggested to have arisen through …

Increasingly, studies of genes and genomes are indicating that considerable horizontal
transfer has occurred between prokaryotes. Extensive horizontal transfer has occurred for …

▪ Abstract Recent results from ancestral (minimally derived) protists testify to the tremendous
diversity of the mitochondrial genome in various eukaryotic lineages, but also reinforce the …

The biggest unsolved problems in chloroplast evolution are the origins of dinoflagellate and
euglenoid chloroplasts, which have envelopes of three membranes not two like plants and …

Photosynthetic eukaryotes, particularly unicellular forms, possess a fossil record that is
either wrought with gaps or difficult to interpret, or both. Attempts to reconstruct their …

The presence of shared conserved insertion or deletions (indels) in protein sequences is a
special type of signature sequence that shows considerable promise for phylogenetic …

The first edition of this book, published by University Press of New England in 1986, sold
over 2500 copies, and was received as the best introductory overview of this broad field …

Analyses of complete genomes indicate that a massive prokaryotic gene transfer (or
transfers) preceded the formation of the eukaryotic cell. In comparisons of the entire set of …