Since the discovery of the first transposon by Dr. Barbara McClintock, the prevalence and
diversity of transposable elements (TEs) have been gradually recognized. As fundamental …

We hypothesize that as one of the most consequential events in evolution, primary
endosymbiosis accelerates lineage divergence, a process we refer to as the endosymbiotic …

The photosynthetic amoeba, Paulinella provides a recent (ca. 120 Mya) example of primary
plastid endosymbiosis. Given the extensive data demonstrating host lineage‐driven …

Abstract Model organism research has provided invaluable knowledge about foundational
biological principles. However, most of these studies have focused on species that are in …

Throughout evolution, only two known primary photosynthetic endosymbiosis occurred,
which originated the Archaeplastida and the Paulinella spp. Fundamental questions …

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Primary endosymbiosis between a cyanobacterium and a protist marked the origin of
photosynthetic eukaryotes, profoundly impacting the history of life on our planet. This event …

This chapter delves into primary endosymbiosis, which gave rise to algal and plant
photosynthetic organelles. Primary plastids originated from the integration of a …