Assertion: diatom | /r/CapableOf | acquire gene
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text: Also, the close proximity of bacterial and diatom sequences and the topology of the tree we present, questions whether diatoms acquired the genes coding for COX via lateral gene transfer35, which occurred during diatom evolution36,37,38 or whether these genes were acquired during endosymbiotic events, at least for species like S. marinoi possessing both α-DOX-like and COX-like enzymes.