Diagram of Primary and Secondary Endosymbiosis in Organisms (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

Diagram of Primary and Secondary Endosymbiosis in Organisms

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Diagram shows movement of DNA from the cyanobacterial progenitor of plastids to the primary host nucleus and, subsequently, to the nucleus of the secondary host.

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John M. Archibald, Dalhousie University, Canada

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