A Modern Descendant of Early Green Algal Phagotrophs

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(Current Biology 23, 1081–1084; June 17, 2013) It has been brought to the authors’ attention that some of the legends for Figure 3 in this article as originally published online were mislabeled: the legend labeled (B) was actually the legend for Figure 3C, the legend labeled (C) was actually the legend for Figure 3D, and the legend labeled (D) was actually the legend for Figure 3B. This labeling error has now been corrected both online and in print. The authors regret the error and any confusion that may have resulted. A Modern Descendant of Early Green Algal PhagotrophsMaruyama et al.Current BiologyMay 23, 2013In BriefGreen algae, land plants, and other photosynthetic eukaryotes possess plastids, such as chloroplasts, which have evolved from cyanobacterial ancestors via endosymbiosis [1]. An early evolutionary merger between heterotrophic eukaryotes and cyanobacteria called primary endosymbiosis gave rise to the first photosynthetic eukaryotes. A series of plastid acquisitions involving engulfment of eukaryotic phototrophs, known as secondary or tertiary endosymbiosis, followed [2]. Through these repeated symbiotic events, photosynthesis spread across a number of eukaryotic lineages [2, 3]. Full-Text PDF Open Archive