赤藻の起源とクロロプラストの進化について
D Moreira1, H Le Guyader, H Philippe
1Equipe Phylogénie et Evolution Moléculaires, CNRS UPRES-A 8080, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. david.moreira@bc4.u-psud.fr
Nature
|May 16, 2000
まとめ
この研究は,緑の植物と赤い藻類の間の密接な進化的関係を支持する核マーカーからの強力な証拠を提供します. この発見は,プランテア王国の起源における単一の一次性エンドシンビオシスイベントの仮説を裏付けている.
科学分野:
- * 進化生物学について
- *生理学 *生理学
- * ゲノミクスについて
背景:
- * 主要な光合成エンドシンバイオシスは,シアノバクテリアと真核宿主を含む.
- *3つの生物群 (緑の植物,赤の藻類,緑藻類) が,この出来事から発生したと仮定されている.
- * 核にコード化された遺伝子の先行的な系統遺伝学的分析は,これらのグループ間の関係に関して矛盾する結果をもたらしました.
研究 の 目的:
- * 原始的な光合成内共生生物の進化史に関する系統遺伝的不確実性を解消する.
- * 核マーカーを用いて緑の植物と赤い藻類の姉妹関係を調査する.
- *緑色の植物と赤色の藻類に比べて,緑色の植物と赤色の藻類の系統的位置を決定する.
主な方法:
- * 延長因子2核遺伝子マーカーの分析.
- * 新種の赤い藻類とプロティストの配列を系統遺伝学分析に含める.
- * 13と6の核マーカーの融合を用いた多遺伝子系遺伝分析.
主要な成果:
- *緑の植物と赤い藻類の姉妹関係に対する大きな支持.
- * 多遺伝子解析により,緑の植物と赤い藻類の姉妹関係が確認された.
- * 証拠によると,緑藻類は緑色の植物/赤色の藻類群の最も近い親類である可能性がある.
結論:
- * 核マーカーは,単一の一次性エンドシンバイオシスイベントの強力な証拠を提供します.
- * 緑の植物,赤い藻類,緑藻類を含むモノフィレティック王国プランテーを支持する.
- * 初期の真核生物の進化に関する長年にわたる系統遺伝学的疑問を解決する.
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