Differences Between Solitary Cells and Colonial Cells in the Heteromorphic Life Cycle of Phaeocystis globosa: Morphology, Physiology, and Transcriptome

Large-scale blooms of Phaeocystis globosa have caused serious damage to marine ecosystems in coastal waters of China. Phaeocystis blooms depend on the competitive advantage of their heteromorphic life history: colony formation has the benefit of resisting herbivory by zooplankton, and solitary cells...

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