title: Nucleomorph genomes: much ado about practically nothing.
abstract: The DNA sequence of one of the smallest eukaryotic genomes has recently been finished - that of the reduced nucleus, or nucleomorph, of an algal endosymbiont that resides within a cryptomonad host cell. Its sequence promises insights into chloroplast acquisition, the constraints on genome size and the basic workings of eukaryotic cells.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria 3125, Australia. prgilson@deakin.edu.au
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016678:Genome; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast