Population genomics of picophytoplankton unveils novel chromosome hypervariability

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700239
• Publication Date: 2017-07-06T01:00:21Z
• Authors: Romain Blanc-Mathieu; Marc Krasovec; Maxime Hebrard; Sheree Yau; Elodie Desgranges; Joel Martin; Wendy Schackwitz; Alan Kuo; Gerald Salin; Cecile Donnadieu; Yves Desdevises; Sophie Sanchez-Fe...; Hervé Moreau; Eric Rivals; Igor V. Grigoriev; Nigel Grimsley; Adam Eyre-Walker; Gwenael Piganeau
• Keywords: Population genomics

Phytoplanktonic eukaryotes form huge panmictic populations and have evolved original hypervariability mechanisms to resist viral attack.