Journal
EVODEVO
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13227-020-00164-9
Keywords
Ectocarpus; Life-cycle; Sex determination; Gametophyte; Sporophyte; Brown algae; Marine; Complex multicellularity; Phaeoviruses
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- University Pierre et Marie Curie
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-19-CE20-0028-01, ANR-10-BTBR-04-01, ANR-12-JSV7-0008]
- European Research Council [638240]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-12-JSV7-0008] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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Ectocarpusis a genus of filamentous, marine brown algae. Brown algae belong to the stramenopiles, a large supergroup of organisms that are only distantly related to animals, land plants and fungi. Brown algae are also one of only a small number of eukaryotic lineages that have evolved complex multicellularity. For many years, little information was available concerning the molecular mechanisms underlying multicellular development in the brown algae, but this situation has changed with the emergence ofEctocarpusas a model brown alga. Here we summarise some of the main questions that are being addressed and areas of study usingEctocarpusas a model organism and discuss how the genomic information, genetic tools and molecular approaches available for this organism are being employed to explore developmental questions in an evolutionary context.
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