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Bridge over troublesome plastids

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Identification of a direct link between apicomplexan parasites and their algal ancestors is a development full of promise. It illuminates a dark corner in the evolution of photosynthesis, and further insights are to come.

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Figure 1: Evolutionary illumination in the round.

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  1. Botany Department, Patrick J. Keeling is at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, 3529–6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. pkeeling@interchange.ubc.ca,

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Keeling, P. Bridge over troublesome plastids. Nature 451, 896–897 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451896a

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