Similar challenges are faced for many many protist groups. Those who tackle them are science heroes, because protists are key to understanding so much of eukaryote evolution, much more than plants and animals for which we already have tons of genomes #protistsonsky
🧬 Diatoms are an extraordinarily diverse group of photosynthetic organisms, with tens of thousands of described species.
Yet technical challenges still limit large-scale diatom genome production.
EBP projects and biodiversity genomics R&D teams are working to solve them. 🌊🔬
#Diatoms #Biodiversity
