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Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

Burkhard Becker*†, Kerstin Hoef-Emden† and Michael Melkonian*

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:203 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-203

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The transferome of metabolic genes explored: analysis of the horizontal transfer of enzyme encoding genes in unicellular eukaryotes

John W Whitaker, Glenn A McConkey, David R Westhead Genome Biology 2009, 10:R36 (15 April 2009)

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Metabolic network analysis in multiple eukaryotes identifies how horizontal and endosymbiotic gene transfer of metabolic enzyme-encoding genes leads to functional gene gain during evolution.

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Diatom genomes come of age

Assaf Vardi, Kimberlee Thamatrakoln, Kay D Bidle, Paul G Falkowski Genome Biology 2008, 9:245 (9 January 2009)

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Two genome sequences of diatoms, marine single-celled photosynthetic eukaryotes that often have ornate cell walls, give insights into their metabolic and signaling systems.

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