Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup

2025/11/19 by Marek Valt, Tomáš Pánek, Seda Mirzoyan +9 · 3 voices · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · #Protist diversity and phylogeny #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Diatoms and Algae Research

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09750-0

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