Origin and evolution of the genera Pleodorina and Volvox (Volvocales)

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-431

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonial volvocales; Evolution; Molecular phylogeny; Pleodorina; Sexual reproduction; Volvox

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUDORINA; EUKARYOTA; JAPONICA; PLATYDORINA; PLEODORINA; PLEODORINA CALIFORNICA; PLEODORINA JAPONICA; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOCALES; VOLVOX; VOLVOX AFRICANUS; VOLVOX AUREUS; VOLVOX CARTERI; VOLVOX DISSIPATRIX; VOLVOX OBVERSUS; VOLVOX TERTIUS; YAMAGISHIELLA;

EID: 0242458140     PISSN: 13356372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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