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SUBMITTER: Moore ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501676 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moore Eric R ER Bullington Briana S BS Weisberg Alexandra J AJ Jiang Yuan Y Chang Jeff J Halsey Kimberly H KH
PloS one 20170707 7
The reproductive strategy of diatoms includes asexual and sexual phases, but in many species, including the model centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, sexual reproduction has never been observed. Furthermore, the environmental factors that trigger sexual reproduction in diatoms are not understood. Although genome sequences of a few diatoms are available, little is known about the molecular basis for sexual reproduction. Here we show that ammonium reliably induces the key sexual morphologies, ...[more]