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High-frequency gene transfer from the chloroplast genome to the nucleus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 2003
Stegemann Sandra, Hartmann Stefanie, Ruf Stephanie, Bock Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Eukaryotic cells arose through endosymbiotic uptake of free-living bacteria followed by massive gene transfer from the genome of the endosymbiont to the host nuclear genome. Because this gene transfer took place over a time scale of hundreds of millions of years, direct observation and analysis of primary transfer events has remained difficult. Hence, very little is known about the evolutionary frequency of gene...
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