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Algae's complex origins

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The nuclear genomes of two of nature's most complex cells have been sequenced. The data will help to determine the evolutionary path from symbioses between species to a multi-compartmental unicellular organism. See Article p.59

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Figure 1: The rise of photosynthetic eukaryotes.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion1 were published online on 28 November 2012.

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Gould, S. Algae's complex origins. Nature 492, 46–48 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11759

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