在海洋植物浮游生物中,元素固体几何学的进化遗传
Antonietta Quigg1, Zoe V Finkel, Andrew J Irwin
1Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey 08901, USA. aquigg@imcs.rutgers.edu
Nature
|September 19, 2003
概括
海洋浮游植物进化为两个主要群体,具有不同的营养需求. 这些与获得的塑性质相关的差异表明,海洋氧化还原变化影响了它们的选择和进化.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 植物浮游生物是一种多样化的光合作用生物群,进化成两个主要的超级家族,具有不同的光合作用颜料.
- 绿色超级家族使用叶绿素b,而红色超级家族使用叶绿素c.
- 化石证据表明,在波斯末期灭绝后,植物浮游生物的占主导地位从绿色转变为红色,其根本原因尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究绿色和红色植物浮游生物超级家族之间的营养素和微量元素组成的系遗传差异.
- 了解塑造植物浮游生物群落的进化压力,以应对环境变化.
主要方法:
- 分析主要营养素 (碳,,) 和微量元素.
- 来自两个主要的塑类超级家族的15种海洋浮游生物的比较.
- 遗传学分析以与进化史相关联元素组成.
主要成果:
- 宏观营养素固体几何学 (碳::) 反映了祖先宿主细胞的特征.
- 微量元素的组成受到获得的塑性质的影响.
- 两个塑类超级家族之间存在系统的基因学差异.
结论:
- 这两个植物浮游生物超级家族的独特元素组成表明它们对环境条件的适应差异.
- 海洋氧化还原状态的变化很可能在自原生态时代以来的真核植物浮游生物的进化和选择中发挥了重要作用.
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