Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

A molecular timescale for eukaryote evolution with implications for the origin of red algal-derived plastids

  • Jürgen F. H. Strassert,
  • Iker Irisarri,
  • Tom A. Williams,
  • Fabien Burki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22044-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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There are several competing hypotheses for the acquisition of red algal-derived plastids by eukaryotic phytoplankton. Here, the authors use Bayesian molecular clock analyses to evaluate the chronological possibility of the proposed plastid origins and transmissions.