Comments by "EebstertheGreat" (@EebstertheGreat) on "When It Was Too Hot for Leaves" video.

  1. I would like a video on the evolution of plastids. I know that most organisms, including all plants and algae, ultimately acquired their plastids from the same endosymbiotic event. But evolution has made these diverge considerably over time, including the chlorophyll pigments used (and thus the color). More interestingly, the genus Paulinella _ and the species _ Pseudoblepharisma tenue both had unrelated endosymbiotic events in their histories, acquiring an unrelated cyanobacterium and a purple bacterium, respectively. Finally, the diatom family Rhopalodiaceae has acquired non-photosynthetic cyanobacteria, though it's not clear what advantage they provide.
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