title: Diatom genomes come of age.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08540, USA.
authors.forename: Assaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vardi
authors.forename: Kimberlee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thamatrakoln
authors.forename: Kay D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bidle
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Falkowski
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D048028:DNA, Algal / Q000235:genetics; D017377:Diatoms / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome
chemical_list: D048028:DNA, Algal