Polyphyletic origin of parallel basal bodies in swimming cells of chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 789-796

  Shoup, Suzanne ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Dictyochloris; Heterochlamydomonas; Pyrenoid; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA;

ALGAE; BRACTEACOCCUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS BACA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DICTYOCHLORIS; EUKARYOTA; HETEROCHLAMYDOMONAS; SPHAEROPLEALES;

EID: 0041563979     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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