ReviewThe New phytologist2021
Why is primary endosymbiosis so rare?
Review in The New phytologist, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Eukaryogenesis From FECA to LECA: Radical Steps Along the Way.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Costs of photosynthesis and cellular remodeling in trophic transitions of the unicellular red alga Galdieria partita.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Repeated horizontal acquisition of lagriamide-producing symbionts in Lagriinae beetles.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Evidence of a putative COEnvironmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
- Repeated horizontal acquisition of lagriamide-producing symbionts in Lagriinae beetles.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Loss of key endosymbiont genes may facilitate early host control of the chromatophore iniScience · 2022Article
- Tracking N-terminal protein processing from the Golgi to the chromatophore of a rhizarian amoeba.Plant physiology · 2022Article
- Processing of D1 Protein: A Mysterious Process Carried Out in Thylakoid Lumen.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Organellar Evolution: A Path from Benefit to Dependence.Microorganisms · 2022Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Endosymbiosis is a relationship between two organisms wherein one cell resides inside the other. This affiliation, when stable and beneficial for the 'host' cell, can result in massive genetic innovation with the foremost examples being the evolution of eukaryotic organelles, the mitochondria and plastids. Despite its critical evolutionary role, there is limited knowledge about how endosymbiosis is initially established and how host-endosymbiont biology is integrated. Here, we explore this issue, using as our model the rhizarian amoeba Paulinella, which represents an independent case of primary plastid origin that occurred c. 120 million yr ago. We propose the 'chassis and engine' model that provides a theoretical framework for understanding primary plastid endosymbiosis, potentially explaining why it is so rare.
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