Periodic Reporting for period 1 - AlgDates (Dating Plastid Endosymbiosis and Diversification in Eukaryotic Algae)

During the eukaryote evolutionary history, the acquisition of plastids and the evolution of algae is one of the major transitions that has heavily shaped the earth and its biosphere as it is today. Still, few is known about the ancient endosymbiotic events, the evolution of...