Origin of photosynthesis revealed: Genome analysis of 'living fossil' sheds light on the evolution of plants
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Evolutionary biologists have shed light on the early events leading to photosynthesis, the result of the sequencing of 70 million base pair nuclear genome of the one-celled alga Cyanophora. They consider this study the final piece of the puzzle to understand the origin of photosynthesis in eukaryotes.