Table of Contents

Katz & Bhattacharya: Introduction
1: Simpson & Patterson: Current perspectives on high-level groupings of protists
2: Carlton: Comparative genomics of Plasmodium species
3: Hackett & Bhattacharya: The genomes of Dinoflagellates
4: McGrath, Zufall, & Katz: Ciliate genome evolution
5: Bowser, Habura & Pawlowski: Molecular evolution of Foraminifera
6: Sommer, Gould, Kawach, Klemme, Voß, Maier & Zauner: Photosynthetic organelles and endosymbiosis
7: Andersson: Genome evolution of anaerobic protists: metabolic adaptation via gene acquisition
8: Huang & Kissinger: Horizontal and intracellular gene transfer in the Apicomplexa: The scope and functional consequences
9: Bartholomeu, Hall, & Carlton: The nuts and bolts of sequencing protist genomes
10: Stuart & Myler: Comparative genomics of the trypanosomatids
11: Clark: The genome of Entamoeba histolytica
12: Keeling: Genome reduction in Microsporidia
13: Kawach, Sommer, Gould, Voß, Zauner & Maier: Nucleomorphs: remnant nuclear genomes
14: Armbrust, Rynearson & Jenkins: Genomic insights into diatom evolution and metabolism
15: Schaap: The Dictyostelium genome - a blueprint for a multicellular protist

About the Author

Laura A Katz is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the Smith College, Northampton.
Debashish Bhattacharya is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Iowa.

Reviews

`Edited books rarely work well, but this is a delightful exception. The chapters are well written, informative (beautifully illustrated with micrographs) and follow a logical progression ... I wholeheartedly recommend this book.'
Review of hardback edition, Microbiology Today