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Why Chloroplasts and Mitochondria Contain Genomes

Chloroplasts and mitochondria originated as bacterial symbionts. The larger, host cells acquired genetic information from their prokaryotic guests by lateral gene transfer. The prokaryotically-derived genes of the eukaryotic cell nucleus now function to encode the great majority of chloroplast and m...

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Autor principal: Allen, John F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cfg.245