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Why we need more algal metagenomes 1
Author(s) -
Graham Linda E.,
Wilcox Lee W.,
Knack Jennifer J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/jpy.12344
Subject(s) - biology , genome , algae , perspective (graphical) , evolutionary biology , computational biology , ecology , gene , genetics , computer science , artificial intelligence
A recent perspective article ably argued that fully sequencing more algal genomes would enable progress in diverse areas of fundamental and applied studies. More algal genomes would add resources needed to build well‐supported phylogenies, improve our understanding of how horizontal gene transfer has influenced the evolution of algal genomes, provide useful ecological insights, and generate information essential to manipulating the genomes of industrially useful algae ( J. Phycol . 51:1). We agree that more algal genomes would be quite beneficial, and also propose that more algal metagenomes would enable progress in both predictable and unforeseen directions.