Division patterns in the thallus of Pelvetia compressa embryos and the effects of gravity

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 112-117

  Henderson, D C ^a   Bisgrove, S R ^a   Hable, W E ^a   Alessa, L ^a   Kropf, D L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brown alga; Cleavage plane; Embryogenesis; Gravity; Microtubules; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRAVITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ALGAE; PELVETIA; PELVETIA COMPRESSA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SILVETIA COMPRESSA;

EID: 0031697378     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280593     Document Type: Article

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