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The red algae are a group of important photoautotrophic organisms that include unicellular microalgae as well as large macroalgae with a size of more than one meter.
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Monoecious/dioecious is the correct terminology given that the sex is determined in the haploid phase (see Vranken et al. 2023).
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Büdel, B., Friedl, T. (2024). Algae from Primary Endosymbioses. In: Büdel, B., Friedl, T., Beyschlag, W. (eds) Biology of Algae, Lichens and Bryophytes. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65712-6_4
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