A borrowed bacterial gene allowed some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet (IMAGE)

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A borrowed bacterial gene allowed some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet

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Summary of genetic events leading to adaptive radiation of diatoms in the N. sing1 lineage.

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Jedd Group (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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