Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41176135,41206142);the Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KSCX2-EW-B-3);the Ministry of Agriculture of China(No.200903030)
The annual life cycle of the brown seaweed Undariapinnatifida (Harvey) Suringer comprises a macroscopic diploid sporophyte stage and a microscopic haploid gametophyte stage. In 2011, an unusual zoospore-derived mono...