Reverse evolution: driving forces behind the loss of acquired photosynthetic traits.

<h4>Background</h4>The loss of photosynthesis has occurred often in eukaryotic evolution, even more than its acquisition, which occurred at least nine times independently and which generated the evolution of the supergroups Archaeplastida, Rhizaria, Chromalveolata and Excavata. This seco...

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Main Authors: Francisco de Castro, Ursula Gaedke, Jens Boenigk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008465&type=printable
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