Auxenochlorella: the green algal reference we’ve been waiting for

play a key role in adaptation and evolutionary diversification.To date, such mechanisms have been 1 studied primarily in yeast, highlighting the potential of Auxenochlorella to broaden our understanding of 2 genome dynamics in photosynthetic eukaryotes. 3Transcriptomic data from cultures grown under different conditions allowed functional annotation of 4 genes, revealing several interesting findings, notably, the presence of multiple genes related to meiosis Zhao et al. (2023) solved the cryo-EM structure of the PSI-ACPI supercomplex in the cryptophyte 1 Chroomonas placoidea, unveiling a transitional architecture that bridges red algal and diatom 2 photosystems in the evolution of light harvesting.