The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae
Station Biologique de Roscoff · Sorbonne Université · +31 more institutions
Abstract
The genome of Ectocarpus, a model organism for brown algae, has been sequenced. Brown algae are complex photosynthetic organisms that have adapted to life in rocky coastal environments. Genome analysis sheds light on this adaptation and reveals an extended set of light-harvesting and pigment biosynthesis genes and novel metabolic processes such as halide metabolism. Comparative genomic analyses highlight the likely importance of a family of receptor kinases and related molecules in the evolution of multicellularity in plants, animals and brown algae. The genome of Ectocarpus siliculosis, a model for the study of brown algae, has been sequenced. These seaweeds are complex photosynthetic organisms that have…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 68.17
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- 100%
- References
- 29
Authors
77- JMJ. Mark CockCorresponding
Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université
- LSLieven Sterck
Ghent University, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
- PRPierre Rouzé
Ghent University, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
- DSDelphine Scornet
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université
- AEAndrew E. Allen
J. Craig Venter Institute
Topics & keywords
- Multicellular organism
- Brown algae
- Biology
- Algae
- Genome
- Adaptation (eye)
- Green algae
- Evolutionary biology
- Life below water