The Rubisco small subunits in the green algal genus Chloromonas provide insights into evolutionary loss of the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle, the pyrenoid.
Ryo MatsuzakiShigekatsu SuzukiHaruyo YamaguchiMasanobu KawachiYu KanesakiHirofumi YoshikawaToshiyuki MoriHisayoshi NozakiPublished in: BMC ecology and evolution (2021)
Although we suggest that the observed correlation may only exist for the Reticulata group, this is still an interesting study that provides novel insight into a potential mechanism determining initial evolutionary steps of gain and loss of the pyrenoid.
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