I am currently in my third year at the University of Western Ontario enrolled in the course ''Advanced Genetics''. I am still not completely sure of how wikipedia works, but I am sure I will figure it out soon.
Can't wait to start editing!
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Training for Students complete!
Articles I am thinking about editing edit
Option One: Symbiogenesis edit
- Make the history section more clear in terms of chronology (who did what first).
- Expand on the idea that genes are lost/transferred by adding information about where they go, why they might stay and what the remaining genes encode.
- Add information about tertiary and serial secondary endosymbiosis to fully describe the diversity of eukaryotes.
- What are the roadblocks of gene transfer (the process which leads to an endosymbiont becoming an organelle)?
- Evolutionary implications?
Option Two: Homeosis edit
- More specific information on homeotic mutants in both animals and plants.
- Types of mutations that cause homeotic mutant phenotypes (indels, SNP, CNV etc.)
- "Homeosis is a characteristic that has helped insects become as successful and diverse as they are.[3]" --> how?
Option Three: Classical Genetics edit
The Article I Have Chosen to Edit: Symbiogenesis edit
Preliminary Ideas edit
- Make the history section more clear in terms of chronology (who did what first).
- Expand on the idea that genes are lost/transferred by adding information about where they go, why they might stay and what the remaining genes encode.
- Add information about tertiary and serial secondary endosymbiosis to fully describe the diversity of eukaryotes.
- What are the roadblocks of gene transfer (the process which leads to an endosymbiont becoming an organelle)?
- Evolutionary implications?
Bibliography edit
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- ^ Keeling, Patrick J. (2004-10-01). "Diversity and evolutionary history of plastids and their hosts". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1481–1493. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1481. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 21652304.
- ^ McFadden, Geoffrey Ian (2001-12-01). "Primary and Secondary Endosymbiosis and the Origin of Plastids". Journal of Phycology. 37 (6): 951–959. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.01126.x. ISSN 1529-8817.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Debashish; Yoon, Hwan Su; Hackett, Jeremiah D. (2004-01-01). "Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots". BioEssays. 26 (1): 50–60. doi:10.1002/bies.10376. ISSN 1521-1878.
- ^ Barbrook, Adrian C.; Howe, Christopher J.; Purton, Saul (2006-01-02). "Why are plastid genomes retained in non-photosynthetic organisms?". Trends in Plant Science. 11 (2): 101–108. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.12.004. ISSN 1360-1385. PMID 16406301.
- ^ Archibald, John M. "The Puzzle of Plastid Evolution". Current Biology. 19 (2): R81–R88. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.067. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 19174147.
- ^ Lila Koumandou, V.; Nisbet, R. Ellen R.; Barbrook, Adrian C.; Howe, Christopher J. (2004-01-05). "Dinoflagellate chloroplasts – where have all the genes gone?". Trends in Genetics. 20 (5): 261–267. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2004.03.008. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 15109781.
- ^ Bock, Ralph; Khan, Muhammad Sarwar (2004-01-06). "Taming plastids for a green future". Trends in Biotechnology. 22 (6): 311–318. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.03.005. ISSN 0167-7799. PMID 15158061.
- ^ Archibald, John M.; Keeling, Patrick J. (2002-01-11). "Recycled plastids: a 'green movement' in eukaryotic evolution". Trends in Genetics. 18 (11): 577–584. doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02777-4. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 12414188.
- ^ Howe, Christopher J. "Cellular Evolution: What's in a Mitochondrion?". Current Biology. 18 (10): R429–R431. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.007. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 18492476.
- ^ Leister, Dario (2005-01-12). "Origin, evolution and genetic effects of nuclear insertions of organelle DNA". Trends in Genetics. 21 (12): 655–663. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2005.09.004. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 16216380.
Paragraph Summaries and Ideas edit
Gene Transfer edit
Which genes remain in the organelles and what happens to the other genes (various hypotheses). How might these genes have become incorporated into the nuclear genome and what consequences this has had: good (getting a functional protein) and bad (mutations causing disease).