%0 Journal Article %T THE MODEL SYSTEM ECTOCARPUS: INTEGRATING FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS INTO BROWN ALGAL RESEARCH %+ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) %+ Station biologique de Roscoff (SBR) %+ Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative des Modèles Marins (LBI2M) %A Cock, J. Mark %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0022-3646 %J Journal of Phycology %I Wiley %8 2023 %D 2023 %R 10.1111/jpy.13310 %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Journal articles %X Model organisms have played a key role in establishing the extensive knowledge we now have of the molecular bases of biological processes across the tree of life. Ectocarpus was proposed as a genetic and genomic model for the brown algae nearly two decades ago. Since that time multiple tools and resources have been developed for this organism, including a high-quality reference genome assembly and both forward and CRISPR-Cas9-based reverse genetics methodologies. This commentary provides an overview of the resources currently available for Ectocarpus and discusses the potential of this organism to address a broad range of questions in brown algal biology. In particular, I highlight the interest of this model system in contexts where a model-based approach may seem less relevant, such as for projects that investigate ecological, biogeographical or population-related questions. These projects are usually focused on other brown algal species but integration of a model-based approach using Ectocarpus could be highly complementary and potentially provide exciting new insights into the genetic processes underlying population- and organism-level phenomena. %G English %2 https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-03896148/document %2 https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-03896148/file/Commentary%20Cock%20J.Phycol%202023.pdf %L hal-03896148 %U https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-03896148 %~ CNRS %~ LBI2M %~ SORBONNE-UNIVERSITE %~ SORBONNE-UNIV %~ SU-SCIENCES %~ SU-TI %~ ALLIANCE-SU %~ SBR