Molecular evolution of the plastid endosymbiosis
Valentin, K. and Göckner, G.
Institute for Plant Physiology, Heinrich Buff Ring 58-62, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
Plastids arose by one or multiple endosymbioses of cyanobacteria-like organisms in eukaryotic host cells. Topics of this presentation are: - Monophyly versus polyphyly for plastid origins. Phylogenetic trees based on combined multiple alignments are used to answer this question - Plastid genome evolution in chlorophytic and rhodophytic plants. We compare the plastid genome from a unicellular red alga with that from a highly evolved rhodophyte. Differences in coding capacity between red algae and green plants are discussed. - Evolution of biochemical processes during plastid evolution. As an example evolution of the plastid sec apparatus is discussed.
| LOCATION |
DATE |
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| Lecture Hall I |
Sunday, April 5 |
03:40 pm |