title: Chloroplast evolution in algae and land plants.
abstract: Eukaryotes contain a chimeric assembly of genomes, each localized in a specialized subcellular compartment. The successful survival of an organism requires that these sequestered genomes be viewed as dependent variables in a coevolutionary complex. This discussion focuses on chloroplast evolution. A selected review of information available on chloroplast diversity is presented, followed by an analysis of the genetic modifications which may have occurred in the conversion of a free-living ancestral photosynthetic prokaryote into an organelle that has an obligately dependent and highly efficient interplay with the nuclear genome.
authors.affiliation: Botany Department KB-J5, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cattolico