Why are plastid genomes retained in non-photosynthetic organisms?

The evolution of the plastid from a photosynthetic bacterial endosymbiont involved a dramatic reduction in the complexity of the plastid genome, with many genes either discarded or transferred to the nucleus of the eukaryotic host. However, this evolutionary process has not gone to completion and a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in plant science 2006-02, Vol.11 (2), p.101-108
Hauptverfasser: Barbrook, Adrian C., Howe, Christopher J., Purton, Saul
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