Pyrenoid Evolution Database

Cataloguing pyrenoids across the algae

Bringing together 50+ years of scattered ultrastructure literature — presence, absence, and structural detail, tied to phylogeny — to ask when and how often pyrenoids evolved.

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Log a species-level observation from a paper you've read — presence/absence, ultrastructure, and the source. Choose a quick form or a step-by-step guided version.
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Search reviewed, curated records by species, division, or reference.

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