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Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean. <i>Nature Comm. 16(1)</i>: 10029. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65296-9\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65296-9</a>","BEntID":435358,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Nature Comm. 16(1)</i>: 10029. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65296-9\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65296-9</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Bilcke, G.; Campese, L.; Annunziata, R.; Amadei Martínez, L.; Borgonuovo, C.; Rijsdijk, N.; Chaerle, P.; Van Den Berge, K.; D’hondt, S.; Iudicone, D.; Montresor, M.; Ferrante, M.I.; Vandepoele, K.; Vyverman, W.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Bilcke, G. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Sexual reproduction is a nearly universal characteristic of the eukaryotic life cycle, yet it is rarely observed in natural populations of micro-eukaryotes. 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