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Reproductive isolation among sympatric cryptic species in marine diatoms.
Protist - 1 Apr 2007
Amato Alberto, Kooistra Wiebe H C F, Ghiron Jung Hee Levialdi, Mann David G, Pröschold Thomas, Montresor Marina
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Pseudo-nitzschia is a marine cosmopolitan genus of chain-forming planktonic diatoms. As for the vast majority of phytoplankton organisms, species identification within this genus mostly relies upon morphological features. Taxa were initially identified based on cell shape and gross morphology of their composite silica cell wall, called the frustule. Yet, observations of the frustule in electron microscopy showed...
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