Nucleomorphs are the remnant nuclei of algal endosymbionts that took up residence inside a nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic host. The nucleomorphs of cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes are derived from ...

Cryptomonad algae result from a secondary endosymbiotic event and retain their enslaved red algal nucleus as a minute nucleomorph, the smallest nuclear genome known. Knowledge of the sequence of this ...

Many of the world's most important photosynthetic eukaryotes such as plants got their light-harnessing organelles (chloroplasts) indirectly from other organisms through endosymbiosis. In some ...

Organellogenesis, where an endosymbiont is transformed into an organelle within the host, is not well understood. In a recent study, researchers identified two novel dinoflagellates containing relic ...

One of the first chemical reactions children learn is the recipe for photosynthesis, combining carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to produce organic compounds. Many of the world's most important ...

Tsukuba, Japan - Many algae and plant species contain photosynthetic membrane-bound organelles called plastids that are actually remnants of a free-living cyanobacterium. At some point in evolutionary ...