title: Diatom genomics: genetic acquisitions and mergers.
abstract: Diatom algae arose by two-step endosymbiosis. The complete genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana has now been sequenced, allowing us to reconstruct the remarkable intracellular gene transfers that occurred during this convoluted cellular evolution.
authors.affiliation: Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: R Ellen R
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Nisbet
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kilian
authors.forename: Geoffrey I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: McFadden
mesh_terms: D044785:Cryptophyta / Q000235:genetics; D017377:Diatoms / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome; D018087:Plastids / Q000235:genetics; D013559:Symbiosis