Nucleomorphs are small, vestigial eukaryotic nuclei found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids. They are thought to be vestiges...
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Chlorarachniophytes, which belong to the phylum Cercozoa, contain a small nucleomorph, which is a relict of the algae's nucleus. Euglenids, which belong to...
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periplasm. Guillardia is the only cryptomonad to have its entire nucleus, nucleomorph, and plastid genome sequenced. This knowledge has prompted further studies...
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The chloroplast is surrounded by two membranes and has no nucleomorph—all the nucleomorph genes have been transferred to the dinophyte nucleus. The endosymbiotic...
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Their chloroplast is bounded by three layers of membrane without a nucleomorph. Normally, it is 40–65 μm long, slightly bigger than other well-known...
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Eme, Laura; López-García, Purificación; Moreira, David (2024-03-11), Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids...
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closely related to genes encoded by the Guillardia theta (cryptomonad) nucleomorph genome. Four of these genes are also found in red algal plastid genomes...
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surrounded by three membranes, and in the remaining lines by four. A nucleomorph, remnants of the original algal nucleus located between the inner and...
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Hemiselmis (section Nucleomorph genome)
found to be in the posterior region of the cell. A single plastid and nucleomorph are present, with it possessing the biliprotein pigment Cr-phycoerythrin...
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retained. When this retains a nucleus and a nuclear genome it is termed a nucleomorph. The unicellular eukaryote Paulinella chromatophora possesses an organelle...
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