Plant Science Research Weekly
A weekly plant science research roundup curated and summarized by our Plantae Editors and Fellows
The evolutionary advantage of losing genes after endosymbiosis (Genome Biol)
The emergence of eukaryotes is associated with endosymbiosis of mitochondria and chloroplast. In the course of evolution, most of the genes from these organelles have either migrated to the nucleus or been lost. But why have a small but significant number of genes remained in these organelle genomes?…
