| Value |
1.21e+8
Base pairs
Range: Table - link Base pairs
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| Organism |
Green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
| Reference |
Merchant et al The Chlamydomonas genome reveals the evolution of key animal and plant functions. Science. 2007 Oct 12 318(5848):245-50. p.247 table 1PubMed ID17932292
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| Method |
Researchers sequenced the approximately 120-megabase nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas and performed comparative phylogenomic analyses, identifying genes encoding uncharacterized proteins that are likely associated with the function and biogenesis of chloroplasts or eukaryotic flagella. |
| Comments |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular green alga whose lineage diverged from land plants over 1 billion years ago. It is a model system for studying chloroplast-based photosynthesis, as well as the structure, assembly, and function of eukaryotic flagella (cilia), which were inherited from the common ancestor of plants and animals, but lost in land plants. |
| Entered by |
Ron Milo - Admin |
| ID |
100338 |