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1. Formation of chimeric genes with essential functions at the origin of eukaryotes

   Eukaryotes evolved from the symbiotic association of at least two prokaryotic partners, and a good deal is known about the timings, mechanisms, and dynamics of these evolutionary steps. Recently, it was shown ...

   Authors: Raphaël Méheust, Debashish Bhattacharya, Jananan S. Pathmanathan, James O. McInerney, Philippe Lopez and Eric Bapteste

   Citation: BMC Biology 2018 16:30

   Content type: Research article Published on: 13 March 2018

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2. Evolution of mitochondrial TAT translocases illustrates the loss of bacterial protein transport machines in mitochondria

   Bacteria and mitochondria contain translocases that function to transport proteins across or insert proteins into their inner and outer membranes. Extant mitochondria retain some bacterial-derived translocases...

   Authors: Markéta Petrů, Jeremy Wideman, Kristoffer Moore, Felicity Alcock, Tracy Palmer and Pavel Doležal

   Citation: BMC Biology 2018 16:141

   Content type: Research article Published on: 22 November 2018

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3. Inter-genomic displacement via lateral gene transfer of bacterial trp operons in an overall context of vertical genealogy

   The growing conviction that lateral gene transfer plays a significant role in prokaryote genealogy opens up a need for comprehensive evaluations of gene-enzyme systems on a case-by-case basis. Genes of tryptop...

   Authors: Gary Xie, Carol A Bonner, Jian Song, Nemat O Keyhani and Roy A Jensen

   Citation: BMC Biology 2004 2:15

   Content type: Research article Published on: 23 June 2004

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4. Untangling the evolution of Rab G proteins: implications of a comprehensive genomic analysis

   Membrane-bound organelles are a defining feature of eukaryotic cells, and play a central role in most of their fundamental processes. The Rab G proteins are the single largest family of proteins that participa...

   Authors: Tobias H Klöpper, Nickias Kienle, Dirk Fasshauer and Sean Munro

   Citation: BMC Biology 2012 10:71

   Content type: Research article Published on: 8 August 2012

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5. The Sapria himalayana genome provides new insights into the lifestyle of endoparasitic plants

   Sapria himalayana (Rafflesiaceae) is an endoparasitic plant characterized by a greatly reduced vegetative body and giant flowers; however, the mechanisms underlying its special lifestyle and greatly altered plant...

   Authors: Xuelian Guo, Xiaodi Hu, Jianwu Li, Bingyi Shao, Yajun Wang, Long Wang, Kui Li, Dongliang Lin, Hanchen Wang, Zhiyuan Gao, Yuannian Jiao, Yingying Wen, Hongyu Ji, Chongbo Ma, Song Ge, Wenkai Jiang…

   Citation: BMC Biology 2023 21:134

   Content type: Research article Published on: 6 June 2023

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6. The compact genome of the sponge Oopsacas minuta (Hexactinellida) is lacking key metazoan core genes

   Explaining the emergence of the hallmarks of bilaterians is a central focus of evolutionary developmental biology—evodevo—and evolutionary genomics. For this purpose, we must both expand and also refine our kn...

   Authors: Sébastien Santini, Quentin Schenkelaars, Cyril Jourda, Marc Duchesne, Hassiba Belahbib, Caroline Rocher, Marjorie Selva, Ana Riesgo, Michel Vervoort, Sally P. Leys, Laurent Kodjabachian, André Le Bivic, Carole Borchiellini, Jean-Michel Claverie and Emmanuelle Renard

   Citation: BMC Biology 2023 21:139

   Content type: Research article Published on: 19 June 2023

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7. Starvation-induced cell fusion and heterokaryosis frequently escape imperfect allorecognition systems in an asexual fungal pathogen

   Asexual fungi include important pathogens of plants and other organisms, and their effective management requires understanding of their evolutionary dynamics. Genetic recombination is critical for adaptability...

   Authors: Vasileios Vangalis, Ilya Likhotkin, Michael Knop, Milton A. Typas and Ioannis A. Papaioannou

   Citation: BMC Biology 2021 19:169

   Content type: Research article Published on: 24 August 2021

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