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Marissa Ashner

Illinois Tech
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Analyses of large-scale datasets in diatoms, an essential group of photosynthetic organisms. (2016)
Genetics

What commonalities do the introns in an araphid pennate diatom of the genus Psammoneis have with the two previously annotated diatom species, Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum?

Diatoms are an understudied group of algae and are responsible for a significant amount of Earth’s primary productivity. A great way to study the diversity of different diatom species is through genomics and bioinformatics. 

Final Presentation/Poster