Sequencing the green seaweeds: establishing population genomic approaches in Ulva spp (Durham)

The World needs to develop ’greener’, more sustainable, economies. One promising way to do this is to develop novel biological and biotechnological approaches to make better use of biomass. The seaweeds are a particularly promising source of this biomass, because they don’t compete for land or water with land plants. However, we know very little about how seaweeds grow and about how they can be cultivated safely. This project aims to redress that, by using state-of-the-art genetic and genomic techniques to explore the growth and development of this novel biomass source.

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