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Advances on the genome of algae

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  • Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

Received date: 2012-12-25

  Revised date: 2013-02-22

  Online published: 2013-06-25

Abstract

Algae possess complex and diverse biology and evolutionary history. They play an important role in the ecosystem. A mass of unique genes and biological processes also make them attractive. The application of high-throughput sequencing approaches to algal research has greatly contributed to the development of algal genomics and transcriptomics, as well as enriched the gene information of algae. In this article, we summarize the advances of algal genomics and transcriptomics, describe and compare the characteristics of different algae genomes, and introduce the application of expression sequence tags (ESTs), microarray and RNA sequencing technique to algal transcriptomics research. Furthermore, the advances of algal gene expression and small RNA are also reviewed in detail. At last, we discuss the challenges and future development of this area.

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LAI Xiao-Juan, CHEN Hai-Min, YANG Rui, YAN Xiao-Jun . Advances on the genome of algae[J]. Hereditas(Beijing), 2013 , 35(6) : 735 -744 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2013.00735

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