Sporophyte Stage Genes Exhibit Stronger Selection Than Gametophyte Stage Genes in Haplodiplontic Giant Kelp

Sporophyte Stage Genes Exhibit Stronger Selection Than Gametophyte Stage Genes in Haplodiplontic Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp), a haplodiplontic brown macroalga that alternates between a macroscopic diploid (sporophyte) and a microscopic haploid (gametophyte) phase, provides an ideal system to investigate how ploidy background affects the evolutionary history of a gene. In M. pyrifera, the...

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Main Authors: Gary Molano, Jose Diesel, Gabriel J. Montecinos, Filipe Alberto, Sergey V. Nuzhdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
brown algae
giant kelp
purifying selection
genomics
sustainable ocean
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.774076/full

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