Origins of Plastids

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.

• Chloroplast
• Organe
• algae
• evolution
• genes
• microbiology
• photosynthesis
• phylogeny
• the origin

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

  Ralph A. Lewin

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