Diatom genomes come of age.
The results of two published genome sequences from marine diatoms provide basic insights into how these remarkable organisms evolved to become one of the most successful groups of eukaryotic algae in the contemporary ocean.
Vardi
Assaf
A
Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08540, USA.
Thamatrakoln
Kimberlee
K
Bidle
Kay D
KD
Falkowski
Paul G
PG
D005075:Biological Evolution; D048028:DNA, Algal / Q000235:genetics; D017377:Diatoms / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome
D048028:DNA, Algal