JOURNAL ARTICLE

Strange alga has seven genomes.

  • Published In: New Scientist, 2023, v. 258, n. 3437. P. 8 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Le Page, Michael 3 of 3

Abstract

News A SINGLE-CELLED alga collected more than 50 years ago and grown in labs ever since has turned out to be a bizarre conglomeration of once-independent organisms, with no fewer than seven different genomes inside it. So all cryptomonads have four distinct genomes: the main genome in the cell nucleus, the remnant nucleus of the red alga, the mitochondrion and the red algal chloroplast. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:New Scientist. 2023/05, Vol. 258, Issue 3437, p8
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0262-4079
  • DOI:10.1016/s0262-4079(23)00782-0
  • Accession Number:163570886
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