New analysis exhibits a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, considered asexual does reproduce sexually, and scientists learned it is a common compound – ammonium – that places the ever-present organism in the mood. The research was funded by the National Geographic Society/Waitt Basis, the University of Chicago Hinds Fund, the Australian Geograhic Society, the American Museum of Natural History Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Analysis, the Smithsonian Link Basis, Newton International, and the Smithsonian Marine Science Network.
Andrew J. Beveridge and Jie Shan from Macalaster College in Minnesota have been able to tease aside the many characters in the books…