Genome-wide Analysis of Cyanobacterial Evolution: The Example of Synechococcus
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21775/9781910190555.02" target="_blank" >10.21775/9781910190555.02</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Genome-wide Analysis of Cyanobacterial Evolution: The Example of Synechococcus
Original language description
Cyanobacteria are an ancient group of prokaryotes with an immense impact on the evolution of other organisms and the global ecosystem. In this chapter, I will focus on a genetically diverse yet morphologically similar group of cyanobacteria merged under the name Synechococcus. Together with Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus may be the most abundant cyanobacterium and amongst the most ancient organisms on Earth. However, the evolutionary trajectories of Synechococcus are entangled, resulting in polyphyletic relationships based on whole-genome phylogenetic reconstructions. Moreover, there is a high variability of the genome composition, size, and complexity within Synechococcus, potentially accounting for and being an example of speciation patterns within cyanobacteria, which may be largely driven by genome alterations (e.g. horizontal gene transfer). In conclusion, I will show that the cyanobacterial evolution is a dynamic process, characterized by drastic genome alterations and gene transfer (both homologous and non-homologous), often resulting in convergent evolutionary patterns as typified by Synechococcus.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Genome-wide Analysis of Cyanobacterial Evolution: The Example of Synechococcus
ISBN
978-1-910190-55-5
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
35-53
Number of pages of the book
256
Publisher name
Caister Academic Press
Place of publication
Wymondham
UT code for WoS chapter
000388010300003