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Clonal expansion behind a marine diatom bloom.
The ISME journal - 1 Feb 2018
Ruggiero Maria Valeria, D'Alelio Domenico, Ferrante Maria Immacolata, Santoro Mariano, Vitale Laura, Procaccini Gabriele, Montresor Marina
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity is what selection acts on, thus shaping the adaptive potential of populations. We studied micro-evolutionary patterns of the key planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata at a long-term sampling site over 2 consecutive years by genotyping isolates with 22 microsatellite markers. We show that both sex and vegetative growth interplay in shaping intraspecific diversity. We document a brief...
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