Big evolutionary fireworks in tiny glass houses

Idan Banson¹, Matthew W Brown^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.
² Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

Comment

Idan Banson et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;122(26):e2511509122.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2511509122. Epub 2025 Jun 23.

Idan Banson¹, Matthew W Brown^{1

2}

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.
² Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.

Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution.
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