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Genes in the glass house

Nature volume 456, pages 179–181 (2008)Cite this article

Sequence data on a second species of diatom provide abundant insights into the evolution and metabolic capabilities of this group, as well as into mechanisms of gene acquisition and diversification.

Diatoms are one of life's big success stories. These silica-depositing microalgae have been abundant for at least the past 180 million years. Today they contribute an astonishing 40% of total ocean primary production, and about 20% of global primary production1,2, making them central players in the global carbon and silica cycles.

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A. DE MARTINO & C. BOWLER

Figure 2: Relationships among the chromalveolates, to which diatoms belong.

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  1. Ronald P. Kiene is in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA. rkiene@disl.org,

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