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Ectocarpus: an evo-devo model for the brown algae

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Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous, marine brown algae. Brown algae belong to the stramenopiles, a large super-group 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 of Ectocarpus as a model brown alga. Here we summarise some of the main questions that are being addressed and areas of study using Ectocarpus as 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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hal-02935769 , version 1 (10-09-2020)

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Susana M Coelho, Akira F Peters, Dieter Müller, J. Mark Cock. Ectocarpus: an evo-devo model for the brown algae. EvoDevo, 2020, 11 (1), ⟨10.1186/s13227-020-00164-9⟩. ⟨hal-02935769⟩
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