Selective disappearance of maternal centrioles after fertilization in the anisogamous brown alga Cutleria cylindrica (Cutleriales, Phaeophyceae): Paternal inheritance of centrioles is universal in the brown algae

Phycological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Nagasato, Chikako ^a   Motomura, Taizo ^a   Ichimura, Terunobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Brown algae; Centrioles; Cutleria cylindrica; Fertilization; Paternal inheritance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CUTLERIA CYLINDRICA; CUTLERIALES; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031696117     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1998.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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