Recent work on the green alga Haematococcus lacustris uncovered the largest plastid genome on record: a whopping 1.35 Mb (with >90% non-coding DNA). In a recent review published in AoBP, David R. Smith takes a closer...
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William Salter
Organellar phylogenomics of Sphagnum
Sphagnum (peatmoss) is rapidly developing as a model for ecological genomics research. Twenty or more species of Sphagnum often co-exist within peatlands and sort themselves relative to abiotic niche gradients...
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