
First Genome Comparison Of Plankton Species Yields Surprises
May 1, 2007 @ 11:03 AM (EST)
Source: Scrippsnews.ucsd.edu
An international team of scientists led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Department of Energy's (DOE) Joint Genome Institute has peered into the genetic makeup of two species of phytoplankton, the tiny plants key in global photosynthesis and carbon cycling, and come away with surprising results about evolutionary engineering and new ideas about the role that a poorly understood chemical element may play in the world's oceans...
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