MicrobiologyNew PhytologistPeer-reviewed
Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta
Lukáš V. F. Novák, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, Fabian van Beveren…·David Moreira
The paper uses nucleomorph genes to reconstruct the phylogeny of cryptophyte plastids, finding they are sister to Cyanidiophytina, suggesting an ancient origin of red complex plastids outside known Rhodophyta subgroups.