Photosynthetic phagotrophy of Chrysophyceae: evolutionary aspects.
Phagotrophy must have arisen fundamentally in all eukaryotes. Chrysophyceae, which exhibit both phagocytosis and photosynthesis, are an interesting subject for evolutionary study. On the basis of a handful of articles, we boldly assumed that Ochromonas and Uroglena are in an intermediate stage of evolution towards animal cells and will evolve a divergent dichotomy in future.
Ishida
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
Kimura
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B
D005075:Biological Evolution; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010788:Photosynthesis