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Origins of Plastids

Symbiogenesis, Prochlorophytes and the Origins of Chloroplasts

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Ralph A. Lewin

    1. Marine Biology Research Division, 0202 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introductory Remarks

    • Ralph A. Lewin
    Pages 1-8

  3. Chloroplast-Retention in Ciliated Protozoa

    • Diane K. Stoecker
    Pages 9-26

  4. Green Ciliates:Principles of Symbiosis Formation Between Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Partners

    • Werner Reisser
    Pages 27-43

  5. Insights into Symbiotic Acquisition of Organelles from Studies of the Green Hydra

    • R. L. Pardy, C. L. Royce
    Pages 45-52

  6. From Prey via Endosymbiont to Plastid: Comparative Studies in Dinoflagellates

    • Eberhard Schnepf
    Pages 53-76

  7. Membranes and Plastid Origins

    • Jean M. Whatley
    Pages 77-106

  8. The Evolution of Algal Chloroplasts

    • Sarah P. Gibbs
    Pages 107-121

  9. Prochlorophyte Evolution and the Origin of Chloroplasts: Morphological and Molecular Evidence

    • Hewson Swift, Brian Palenik
    Pages 123-139

  10. Comparison of Sequences and Organization of Photosynthesis Genes among the Prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix Hollandica, Cyanobacteria, and Chloroplasts

    • Susan S. Golden, Clifford W. Morden, Karen L. Greer
    Pages 141-158

  11. Molecular Phylogeny of Oxygenic Cells and Organelles Based on Small-Subunit Ribosomal RNA Sequences

    • Stephen J. Giovannoni, Nathan Wood, Volker Huss
    Pages 159-170

  12. Molecular Phylogeny of Algal Plastids: A Brief Review of Host/Endosymbiont Genome Development Based on Sequence Comparisons

    • Christoph W. Sensen
    Pages 171-192

  13. Phylogenetic Origin of the Plastids

    • Klaus Valentin, Rose Ann Cattolico, Klaus Zetsche
    Pages 193-221

  14. Origin and Evolution of Plastids from Chlorophyll-a+c-Containing Algae: Suggested Ancestral Relationships to Red and Green Algal Plastids

    • Klaus V. Kowallik
    Pages 223-263

  15. Probable Evolutionary History of Cryptomonad Algae

    • Susan E. Douglas
    Pages 265-290

  16. The Origin, Losses and Gains of Chloroplasts

    • Tom Cavalier-Smith
    Pages 291-348

  17. Plastid Phylogeny and the Problem of Biased Base Composition

    • Christopher J. Howe, Timothy J. Beanland, Anthony W. D. Larkum, Peter J. Lockhart
    Pages 349-353

  18. Envoi

    • Ralph A. Lewin
    Pages 355-360

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 361-393
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Origins of Plastids looks at symbiosis and symbiogenesis as a mechanism of evolution. This theory of endosymbiotic evolution postulates that photosynthetic prokaryotes living as endosymbionts within eukaryotic cells gradually evolved into the organelle structures called chloroplasts. The theory is controversial but has been strongly advocated by Lynn Margulis. Based on a colloquium held at the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory of the University of California at Davis, Origins of Plastids reviews recent data on this most basic problem in plant evolution. In it, leading researchers in the field apply the theory of endosymbiotic evolution to plastid origins, producing an important new reference work for both professionals and graduates interested in the origins of life, the origins of the eukaryotic cell and its organelles, and the evolution of the higher plants in general. Origins of Plastids represents the state-of-the-art in its field. It should find a place on the bookshelves of people interested in microbiology, plant science, phycology, cell biology, and evolution.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Marine Biology Research Division, 0202 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Ralph A. Lewin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Origins of Plastids

  • Book Subtitle: Symbiogenesis, Prochlorophytes and the Origins of Chloroplasts

  • Editors: Ralph A. Lewin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2818-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-03691-0Published: 28 February 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6218-0Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2818-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 393

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Plant Physiology

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