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Puzzling plankton yield secrets to role in evolution/global photosynthesis
04-30-2007 · EurekAlert!The analysis of DNA sequences from tiny green algae have provided new insights into the mystery of how new species of plankton evolve -- and further highlights their critical role in managing the global cycling of carbon. These findings, by a group led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute; the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; and the Pierre & Marie Curie University, were published this week in PNAS.
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