Rapid turnover of life-cycle-related genes in the brown algae

• Published in: Genome Biology Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 35
• Main Authors: Lipinska, Agnieszka P., Serrano-Serrano, Martha L., Cormier, Alexandre, Peters, Akira F., Kogame, Kazuhiro, Cock, J. Mark, Coelho, Susana M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 14.02.2019; BMC
• Subjects: Algae; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Dimorphism; diploidy; eukaryotic cells; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary genetics; Gametophytes; Gene Duplication; Gene Expression; genes; Genomes; Genomics; Germ Cells, Plant; haploidy; Life Cycle Stages - genetics; Life cycles; Life Sciences; Mutation; Organisms; Phaeophyceae; Phaeophyceae - genetics; Phaeophyceae - growth & development; Phaeophyceae - metabolism; Phenotype; phenotypic variation; Phylogenetics; Selection, Genetic; species; Sporophytes; transcriptome

Sexual life cycles in eukaryotes involve a cyclic alternation between haploid and diploid phases. While most animals possess a diploid life cycle, many plants and algae alternate between multicellular haploid (gametophyte) and diploid (sporophyte) generations. In many algae, gametophytes and sporoph...