title: Endosymbiotic evolution: RNA intermediates in endosymbiotic gene transfer.
abstract: More than a billion years of endosymbiotic evolution has resulted in extensive gene relocation between the genetic compartments of eukaryotic cells. A new study uses chloroplast genome transformation to shed light on the mechanisms involved.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Genetics, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. jeremy.timmis@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Jeremy N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Timmis
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus; D007438:Introns; D010957:Plasmids