Frédérik Leliaert

The paper presents chromosome-level genome assemblies for two red algae species, providing a framework for comparative studies and selective breeding in aquaculture.

The paper optimizes reduced representation sequencing for non-model organisms, showing varying success across taxa and suggesting alternatives for costly groups.

This study identifies that the chloroplast genome of Cladophorales green algae is fragmented into hairpin plasmids, a unique structure not previously observed in eukaryotes.