| Title |
Reverse Evolution: Driving Forces Behind the Loss of Acquired Photosynthetic Traits
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008465 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Francisco de Castro, Ursula Gaedke, Jens Boenigk |
| Abstract |
The loss of photosynthesis has occurred often in eukaryotic evolution, even more than its acquisition, which occurred at least nine times independently and which generated the evolution of the supergroups Archaeplastida, Rhizaria, Chromalveolata and Excavata. This secondary loss of autotrophic capability is essential to explain the evolution of eukaryotes and the high diversity of protists, which has been severely underestimated until recently. However, the ecological and evolutionary scenarios behind this evolutionary "step back" are still largely unknown. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 99 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 89 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 12% |
| Professor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49 | 49% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 9% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 17 | 17% |