In 2018, researchers announced the sequencing of the whole genome of a green alga for the first time in the world.
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- https://www.amed.go.jp/news/release_20180529-02.html (amed.go.jp)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26331-6 (nature.com)
- https://www.tsukuba-sci.com/?p=4514 (tsukuba-sci.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5966456/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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