The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae

Abstract

The paper reports on results of sequencing and analyses of the genome of the model brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus that brought fundamental new insights into the biology and evolution of brown algae.

Keywords

• brown algae
• Ectocarpus siliculosus
• genome
• evolution
• multicellularity