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Retrotransposons and tandem repeat sequences in the nuclear genomes of cryptomonad algae.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Feb 2007
Khan Hameed, Kozera Catherine, Curtis Bruce A, Bussey Jillian Tarrant, Theophilou Stan, Bowman Sharen, Archibald John M
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The cryptomonads are an enigmatic group of unicellular eukaryotic algae that possess two nuclear genomes, having acquired photosynthesis by the uptake and retention of a eukaryotic algal endosymbiont. The endosymbiont nuclear genome, or nucleomorph, of the cryptomonad Guillardia theta has been co...
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