质体样细胞器APICOPLAST起源的分子证据评述

Molecular Evidence for Origin of Plastid-like Organelle Apicoplast: a Review

顶复合器门的原生动物(Apicomplexan protozoa)含有一个高度退化的质体样(plastid-like)细胞器,定名为apicoplast。Apicoplast的进化起源是一个长期激烈争论的问题,尽管使用了多种分子技术,但尚未取得一致的结论,以致成为质体起源研究的典型案例。文章评述了apicoplast起源研究的分子证据,分析了新的分子证据的可能来源,为进一步研究提供线索。

Apicomplexan protozoa contains a highly reduced plastid-like organelle termed apicoplast. The research on evolutionary origin of apicoplast is a topic of long-term intense debate, by far, hasn＇t still reached congruent conclusion though a variety of molecular technologies were employed, so that it become a typical case in plastid origin field. In this paper, we reviewed the molecular evidence for apicoplast evolutionary origin, predicting the potential source of novel molecular evidence as clues for further studying.