Eye-like ocelloids are built from different endosymbiotically acquired components

Dinoflagellate eye-like ocelloids are built from pre-existing organelles of disparate origin, including a cornea-like layer made of mitochondria and a retinal body made of anastomosing plastids. An eye for phytoplankton The unicellular phytoplankton known as warnowiid dinoflagellates are a prime exa...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 523; no. 7559; pp. 204 - 207
Main Authors:	Gavelis, Gregory S., Hayakawa, Shiho, White III, Richard A., Gojobori, Takashi, Suttle, Curtis A., Keeling, Patrick J., Leander, Brian S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.07.2015 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	14/28 14/35 45/23 45/77 45/88 631/181/2481 631/326/325 631/535/1258/1260 631/80/642/1374 Deoxyribonucleic acid Dinoflagellates Dinoflagellida - genetics Dinoflagellida - physiology Dinoflagellida - ultrastructure DNA Genome, Protozoan - genetics Genomics Humanities and Social Sciences letter Membranes Microorganisms Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Microscopy, Electron, Transmission Mitochondria Mitochondria - metabolism Mitochondria - ultrastructure Molecular Sequence Data multidisciplinary Phylogenetics Physiological aspects Plastids Plastids - metabolism Plastids - ultrastructure Protozoan Proteins - genetics Rhodophyta - genetics Science Studies Symbiosis
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687
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