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Ectocarpus
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Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous brown alga that includes a model organism for the genomics of multicellularity.[1][2] Among possible model organisms in the brown algae, Ectocarpus was selected for the relatively small size of its mature thallus and the speed with which it completes its life cycle.[3][4] Tools available for Ectocarpus as a model species include a high quailty genome sequence[5] and both forward[6] and reverse genetic[7] methodologies, the latter based on CRISPR-Cas9.
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E. siliculosus, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Ectocarpales |
Family: | Ectocarpaceae |
Genus: | Ectocarpus Lyngbye 1819 |
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