Ciliate Genomics and Molecular Biology
Estienne Swart
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Ciliates are diverse and widespread microbial eukaryotes. We are investigating two of their distinctive peculiarities: the extensive, developmental transformation of their gemline genomes into somatic genomes, and their evolution of multiple alternative genetic codes.