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Diatom flagellar genes and their expression during sexual reproduction in Leptocylindrus danicus.
BMC genomics - 23 Oct 2017
Nanjappa Deepak, Sanges Remo, Ferrante Maria I, Zingone Adriana
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BACKGROUND: Flagella have been lost in the vegetative phase of the diatom life cycle, but they are still present in male gametes of centric species, thereby representing a hallmark of sexual reproduction. This process, besides maintaining and creating new genetic diversity, in diatoms is also fundamental to restore the maximum cell size following its reduction during vegetative division. Nevertheless, sexual...
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