Browsing by Author "Gogarten, Johann Peter"
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AST: An Automated Sequence-Sampling Method for Improving the Taxonomic Diversity of Gene Phylogenetic Trees
Zhou, Chan; Mao, Fenglou; Yin, Yanbin; Huang, Jinling; Gogarten, Johann Peter; Xu, Ying (2014) -
Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution
Huang, Jinling; Gogarten, Johann Peter (East Carolina University, 2008-07)Background: Horizontal gene transfer occurs frequently in prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes. Anciently acquired genes, if retained among descendants, might significantly affect the long-term evolution of the recipient ... -
Did an ancient chlamydial endosymbiosis facilitate the establishment of primary plastids?
Huang, Jinling; Gogarten, Johann Peter (East Carolina University, 2007-06)Background: Ancient endosymbioses are responsible for the origins of mitochondria and plastids, and they contribute to the divergence of several major eukaryotic groups. Although chlamydiae, a group of obligate intracellular ...