Did some red alga-derived plastids evolve via kleptoplastidy? A hypothesis
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Andrzej Bodył
Laboratory of Evolutionary Protistology, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wrocław, Poland
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Andrzej Bodył
Laboratory of Evolutionary Protistology, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wrocław, Poland
Address for correspondence (Tel: +48 71 375 64 07; Fax: +48 71 375 63 85; E-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorABSTRACT
The evolution of plastids has a complex and still unresolved history. These organelles originated from a cyanobacterium via primary endosymbiosis, resulting in three eukaryotic lineages: glaucophytes, red algae, and green plants. The red and green algal plastids then spread via eukaryote–eukaryote endosymbioses, known as secondary and tertiary symbioses, to numerous heterotrophic protist lineages. The number of these horizontal plastid transfers, especially in the case of red alga-derived plastids, remains controversial. Some authors argue that the number of plastid origins should be minimal due to perceived difficulties in the transformation of a eukaryotic algal endosymbiont into a multimembrane plastid, but increasingly the available data contradict this argument. I suggest that obstacles in solving this dilemma result from the acceptance of a single evolutionary scenario for the endosymbiont-to-plastid transformation formulated by Cavalier-Smith & Lee (1985). Herein I discuss data that challenge this evolutionary scenario. Moreover, I propose a new model for the origin of multimembrane plastids belonging to the red lineage and apply it to the dinoflagellate peridinin plastid. The new model has several general and practical implications, such as the requirement for a new definition of cell organelles and in the construction of chimeric organisms.
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