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News Release 07-139
Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
Results have implications for understanding early evolutionary events
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![Biologists have sequenced much of the genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a tiny green alga.](/news/mmg/media/images/alga1_f.jpg)
Biologists have sequenced much of the genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a tiny green alga.
Credit: UCLA
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![Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a one-celled green alga that shares many genes with plants and animals.](/news/mmg/media/images/alga2_f.jpg)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a one-celled green alga that shares many genes with plants and animals.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy