Scientists find how clock gene wakes up green algae

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 11:50 in Biology & Nature

A team of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, has found the mechanism of the night-to-day transition of the circadian rhythm in green algae. The findings, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, could be applied to green algae to produce larger amounts of lipids, which are a possible sustainable source of biofuel.

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