@article {Prechtl:February 2002:0944-2006:284, author = "Prechtl J.", author = "Maier U-G.", title = "Zoology meets Botany: establishing intracellular organelles by endosymbiosisPresented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft in Osnabruck, June 4-8, 2001", journal = "Zoology", volume = "104", year = "February 2002", abstract = "

One of the most citated characteristics of eukaryotic cells are mitochondria and in the case of phototrophic cells, the plastids. These organelles are of eubacterial origin and contain a remnant genome. Here, we present hypotheses concerning the origin of the first mitochondrium-harboring cell and show the evolution of primary, secondary and tertiary plastids. Furthermore we discuss models explaining why plastids have to maintain their own genome.

", pages = "284-289(6)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/urban/241/2002/00000104/F0020003/art00034" doi = "doi:10.1078/0944-2006-00034" }