Origins Of Plastids

Preface-- James S. Clegg; Contributors; Introductory remarks-- Ralph A. Lewin; Chloroplast-retention in ciliated protozoa-- Diane K. Stoecker; Green ciliates: principles of symbiosis formation between autotrophic and heterotrophic partners-- Werner Reisser; Insights into symbiotic acquisition of organelles from studies of the green hydra-- R. L. Pardy and C. L. Royce; From prey via endosymbiont to plastid: comparative studies in dinoflagellates-- Eberhard Schnepf; Membranes and plastid origins-- Jean M. Whatley; The evolution of algal chloroplasts-- Sarah P. Gibbs; Prochlorophyte evolution and the origin of chloroplasts: morphological and molecular evidence-- Hewson Swift and Brian Palenik; Comparison of sequences and organization of photosynthesis genes among the prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix hollandica, cyanobacteria, and chloroplasts-- Susan S. Golden, Clifford W. Morden, and Karen L. Greer; Molecular phylogeny of oxygenic phototrophic cells and organelles from small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences-- Stephen J. Giovannoni, Nathan Wood, and Volker A. R. Huss; Molecular phylogeny of algal plastids: a brief review of host/endosymbiont genome development based on sequence comparisons-- Christoph W. Sensen; Phylogenetic origin of the plastids-- Klaus Valentin, Rose Ann Cattolico and Klaus Zetsche; Origin and evolution of plastids from chlorophyll- a+c-containing algae: suggested ancestral relationships to red and green algal plastids-- Klaus V. Kowallik; Probable evolutionary history of cryptomonad algae-- Susan E. Douglas; The origin, losses and gains of chloroplasts-- Tom Cavalier-Smith; Plastid phylogeny and the problem of biased base composition-- Christopher J. Howe, Timothy J. Beanland, Anthony W. D. Larkum, and Peter J. Lockhart; Envoi-- Ralph A. Lewin et al; Gene Glossary; Author Index; Taxonomic Index; General Index.