Evolutionary relationships among multiple modes of cell division in the genus Nannochloris (Chlorophyta) revealed by genome size, actin gene multiplicity, and phylogeny

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 106-120

  Yamamoto, Maki ^a   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin gene; Autosporulation; Binary fission; Budding; Cell division; Chlorophyta; DNA content; Genome size; Molecular phylogeny; Nannochloris

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BINARY FISSION; BUDDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0035093224     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037001106.x     Document Type: Article

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