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Phylogenomic frameworks from deep archaeplastid evolution to embryophyte diversification

  • Merve Nida Baştürk1
  • Cäcilia F. Kunz2
  • Tatyana Darienko2
  • Thomas Pröschold2
  • Jan de Vries
  • Hengchi Chen3
  1. 1University of Göttingen, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected]
  2. 2University of Göttingen, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Göttingen, Germany
  3. 3University of Göttingen, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected]
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Abstract

All photosynthesizing eukaryotes that are the major constituents of our biosphere can ultimately be traced back to the lineage of Archaeplastida. The Archaeplastida emerged in one of the great singularities that occurred during evolution, when the cyanobacterial progenitor of all plastids was engulfed by a heterotrophic protist. Not only did the immense diversity of primary plastid-housing red algae, green algae, plants, and more emerge from this unique event but so did, through secondary endosymbioses, other diverse major lineages like diatoms and kelps. Here, we focus on the primary plastid-bearing Archaeplastida. In the past years, major progress has been made in our understanding of the evolution of Archaeplastida, foremost expedited by phylodiverse genomic sequencing efforts that allow us to compute robust phylogenomics-based frameworks onto which, following a genotype-to-phenotype rationale, traits gleaned from the same genomic data can be placed. We discuss the emergence of body plans, tracing and understanding the modes of organelle evolution alongside the impact of endosymbiotic gene transfer, and general genome evolution. Finally, we outline how, reconciled, these reshaped our thinking about archaeplastid evolution and how it provides impetus for addressing the next outstanding challenges.

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@article{basturk2026phylogenomic,
  title = {{Phylogenomic frameworks from deep archaeplastid evolution to embryophyte diversification}},
  author = {Merve Nida Baştürk and Cäcilia F. Kunz and Tatyana Darienko and Thomas Pröschold and Jan de Vries and Hengchi Chen},
  journal = {Current Biology},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.019},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.019},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Phylogenomic frameworks from deep archaeplastid evolution to embryophyte diversification
AU  - Merve Nida Baştürk
AU  - Cäcilia F. Kunz
AU  - Tatyana Darienko
AU  - Thomas Pröschold
AU  - Jan de Vries
AU  - Hengchi Chen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/01
JO  - Current Biology
DO  - 10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.019
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.019
AB  - All photosynthesizing eukaryotes that are the major constituents of our biosphere can ultimately be traced back to the lineage of Archaeplastida. The Archaeplastida emerged in one of the great singularities that occurred during evolution, when the cyanobacterial progenitor of all plastids was engulfed by a heterotrophic protist. Not only did the immense diversity of primary plastid-housing red algae, green algae, plants, and more emerge from this unique event but so did, through secondary endosymbioses, other diverse major lineages like diatoms and kelps. Here, we focus on the primary plastid-bearing Archaeplastida. In the past years, major progress has been made in our understanding of the evolution of Archaeplastida, foremost expedited by phylodiverse genomic sequencing efforts that allow us to compute robust phylogenomics-based frameworks onto which, following a genotype-to-phenotype rationale, traits gleaned from the same genomic data can be placed. We discuss the emergence of body plans, tracing and understanding the modes of organelle evolution alongside the impact of endosymbiotic gene transfer, and general genome evolution. Finally, we outline how, reconciled, these reshaped our thinking about archaeplastid evolution and how it provides impetus for addressing the next outstanding challenges.
SN  - 0960-9822
SN  - 1879-0445
ER  -