Tag Archive for 'Dinoflagellate'

Schematic overview of interactions between Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts. Image credit: Robbins et al, doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0532-4.

Researchers Sequence Genomes of Reef-Building Coral and Its Microbial Symbionts

Sep 24, 2019 by News Staff

A team of Australian scientists has successfully completed an integrated genomic characterization of a reef-building coral species called Porites lutea...

The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago generated a tsunami-like wave in an inland sea that killed and buried fish, mammals, insects and a Triceratops, the first victims of a cataclysm that led to Earth’s last mass extinction. Image credit: Robert DePalma.

66-Million-Year-Old Fossil Site Preserves Animals Killed within Minutes of Chicxulub Impact

Apr 3, 2019 by News Staff

At a site dubbed Tanis in North Dakota’s Hell Creek Formation, paleontologists have unearthed an assemblage of exquisitely-preserved fossilized organisms...

Symbiodinium kawagutii. Image credit: Scott R. Santos / Auburn University.

Dinoflagellate Genome Surprises Researchers

Nov 5, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

A multinational team of scientists – led by Dr Senjie Lin of Xiamen University and the University of Connecticut – has mapped the genome of Symbiodinium...

Light micrograph of a warnowiid dinoflagellate: double arrowhead points to the ocelloid, and arrow to the posterior cell extension. Scale bar – 10 μm. Image credit: Mona Hoppenrath et al., doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-116.

Single-Celled Planktonic Organisms Have Animal-Like Eyes, Scientists Say

Jul 1, 2015 by News Staff

According to a research team headed by Prof Brian Leander of the University of British Columbia’s Departments of Botany and Zoology, single-celled organisms...