Origins of Plastids : Symbiogenesis, Prochlorophytes and the Origins of Chloroplasts /

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 c...

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Main Author:	Lewin, Ralph A.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 1993.
Subjects:	Plastids. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book