How to become a chloroplast? - Deciphering primary events in the evolution of phototrophic endosymbionts in a phagocytic predator

The endosymbiotic theory is the widely accepted evolutionary theory that describes the origin of organelles in eukaryotes. Chloroplasts in particular developed after a phagocytic eukaryote ingested a cyanobacterium, which managed to escape digestion...

PhD start: 03/01/2021