The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Anastasiia Onyshchenko, Wade R. Roberts, Elizabeth C. Ruck…·Andrew James Alverson
The paper sequenced the genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom to understand metabolic changes after losing photosynthesis and found key genetic constraints and alternative pathways for energy acquisition.