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Molecular subdivision of the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula in relation to geographic distribution, genome size, and physiology.
BMC evolutionary biology - 26 Oct 2012
Whittaker Kerry A, Rignanese Dayna R, Olson Robert J, Rynearson Tatiana A
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BACKGROUND: Marine phytoplankton drift passively with currents, have high dispersal potentials and can be comprised of morphologically cryptic species. To examine molecular subdivision in the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula, variations in rDNA sequence, genome size, and growth rate were examined among isolates collected from the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins. Analyses of rDNA included T. gravida because...
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