Ectocarpus

Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous brown alga (Heterokontophyta) that is a model organism for the genomics of multicellularity. Among possible model organisms in the brown algae, Ectocarpus was selected for the relatively small size of its mature thallus and the speed with which it completes its life cycle. The type species for the genus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye. Some currently accepted species of Ectocarpus include: Ahmed, Sophia; Cock, J. Mark; Pessia, Eugenie (8 September 2014). 'A Haploid System of Sex Determination in the Brown Alga Ectocarpus sp'. Current Biology. 24 (17): 1945–1957. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.042. PMID 25176635. Prigent, Sylvian (10 October 2014). 'The genome-scale metabolic network of Ectocarpus siliculosus (EctoGEM): a resource to study brown algal physiology and beyond'. Plant Journal. 80 (2): 367–381. doi:10.1111/tpj.12627. PMID 25065645.