Rutgers University: Red Algae Thrive Despite Ancestor's Massive Loss of Genes
October 30, 2019
October 30, 2019
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 30 [TNSbiologyresearch-Nature Communications] -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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- Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweeds
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You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi.
An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of its genes roughly one . . .
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- Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweeds
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You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi.
An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of its genes roughly one . . .