Gene loss, pseudogenization, and independent genome reduction in non-photosynthetic species of

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To date, four cryptophyte nucleomorph genomes have been sequenced, the 550.5-kilobase-pair (Kbp) genome of Guillardia theta, the 571.4-Kbp genome of Hemiselmis andersenii, the 702.9-Kbp genome of Chroomonas mesostigmatica, and the 485.9-Kbp genome of the secondarily non-photosynthetic species Cryptomonas paramecium. A substantial proportion of the protein-coding genes in the cryptophyte nucleomorph genomes are hypothetical in nature. Unfortunately, genomic sampling is presently sparse; only one nucleomorph genome from a non-photosynthetic Cryptomonas species has been sequenced, that of C. paramecium CCAP977/2a. To rectify the . . .

 



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