title: The first green revolution.
abstract: This month's Genome Watch describes how analysis of a basal member of the Plantae can inform us about the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes.
authors.forename: Isheng J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D044424:Cyanophora / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D018087:Plastids / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA