title: Retention, erosion, and loss of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the nonphotosynthetic green algal genus Polytomella.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada.
authors.forename: Sara Raad
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Asmail
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada.
authors.forename: David Roy
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-5210
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010788:Photosynthesis
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids
keywords: Chlamydomonas; beta-carotene; carotenoid; chloroplast; eyespot; photosynthesis; phytoene synthase