Evidence-based green algal genomics reveals marine diversity and ancestral characteristics of land plants

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BMC Genomics 17(1) , 267 (Mar 31 2016)

Author(s):

van Baren, M. J., Bachy, C., Reistetter, E. N., Purvine, S. O., Grimwood, J., Sudek, S., Yu, H., Poirier, C., Deerinck, T. J., Kuo, A., Grigoriev, I. V., Wong, C. H., Smith, R. D., Callister, S. J., Wei, C. L., Schmutz, J., Worden, A. Z.

DOI:

10.1186/s12864-016-2585-6

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Prasinophytes are widespread marine green algae that are related to plants. Cellular abundance of the prasinophyte Micromonas has reportedly increased in the Arctic due to climate-induced changes. Thus, studies of these unicellular eukaryotes are important for marine ecology and for understanding Viridiplantae evolution and diversification. RESULTS: We generated evidence-based Micromonas gene models using proteomics and RNA-Seq to improve prasinophyte genomic resources. First, sequences of four chromosomes in the 22 Mb Micromonas pusilla (CCMP1545) genome were finished. Comparison with the finished 21 Mb genome of Micromonas commoda (RCC299; named herein) shows they share View Publication

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