Ectocarpus: an evo-devo model for the brown algae

EvoDevo

Akira F. Peters¹  Susana M. Coelho²  J. Mark Cock²  Dieter Müller³ 

[1] Bezhin Rosko;CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UPMC University Paris 06, Algal Genetics Group, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models;Fachbereich Biologie der Universitat Konstanz;

关键词: Ectocarpus;    Life-cycle;    Sex determination;    Gametophyte;    Sporophyte;    Brown algae;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13227-020-00164-9

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous, marine brown algae. Brown algae belong to the stramenopiles, a large supergroup of organisms that are only distantly related to animals, land plants and fungi. Brown algae are also one of only a small number of eukaryotic lineages that have evolved complex multicellularity. For many years, little information was available concerning the molecular mechanisms underlying multicellular development in the brown algae, but this situation has changed with the emergence of Ectocarpus as a model brown alga. Here we summarise some of the main questions that are being addressed and areas of study using Ectocarpus as a model organism and discuss how the genomic information, genetic tools and molecular approaches available for this organism are being employed to explore developmental questions in an evolutionary context.

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