Journey to the Microcosmos

What Do These Algae Do With Four Genomes? (7x24)

Air date: Nov 20, 2023

If, for some reason, you ever find yourself reading a bunch of papers about cryptomonads, you might come across this strange fact: they have four genomes. That sounds like a lot of genomes. But what does that even mean? And what does the cryptomonas do with all those genomes?