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The plastid impact hypothesis. Two lineages (A and C) acquire a plastid by endosymbiosis of closely related organisms. The plastid gene subsequently replaces a nuclear counterpart in both lineages (P→N). Thus, phylogenetic trees based on that gene will group A and C to the exclusion of B.
