<i>Zostera marina</i> Meadow in the Archipelago Sea off Finland (IMAGE)

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<i>Zostera marina</i> Meadow in the Archipelago Sea off Finland

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The eelgrass Zostera marina is the first marine angiosperm to have its genome sequenced, as reported in the journal Nature on Jan. 27, 2016. European researchers, including a team from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), used a sample of Zostera marina taken from the Archipelago Sea off Finland.

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Christoffer Bostrom, Abo Akademi University (Finland)

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