拥有大胃口的微小捕食者的基因组。

Genome of tiny predator with big appetite.

机构信息

School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.

出版信息

BMC Biol. 2018 Nov 28;16(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12915-018-0610-8.

DOI:10.1186/s12915-018-0610-8

PMID:30482182

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6260725/

Abstract

The capture and enslavement of eukaryotic algae by unicellular predators to acquire photosynthesis was a major driving force in early eukaryotic diversification. A genome presented in BMC Biology provides a glimpse of how such a tiny predator might have preyed on red algae and detained them to create new lineages of photosynthetic organisms.

摘要

单细胞捕食者捕获和奴役真核藻类以获得光合作用，是早期真核生物多样化的主要驱动力。发表在 BMC 生物学杂志上的一个基因组，让我们得以一窥这种微小的捕食者是如何捕食红藻并将其囚禁起来，从而创造出新的光合生物谱系的。