CONTRASTING MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME ORGANIZATIONS AND SEQUENCE AFFILIATIONS AMONG GREEN ALGAE: POTENTIAL FACTORS, MECHANISMS, AND EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIOS.

Argues that all the green algal mitochondrial genomes examined to date resemble either the Chlamydomonas or the Prototheca mitochondrial genome. Integrative approach in explaining the occurrence of distinct evolutionary strategies and apparent phylogenetic affiliations among the known green algal mitochondrial lineages; Differentiation of distinct genetic potentials during the previous evolutionary history of the flagellate ancestors and/or of subsequent changes in habitat and life history of more advanced green algal lineages.