Complex life cycles of multicellular eukaryotes: New approaches based on the use of model organisms

Gene

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 152-170

  Coelho, Susana M ^a   Peters, Akira F ^a   Charrier, Bénédicte ^a   Roze, Denis ^b   Destombe, Christophe ^b   Valero, Myriam ^b   Cock, J Mark ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Ectocarpus siliculosus; Gametophyte; Life cycle; Model organism; Ploidy; Sporophyte

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CELL SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GAMETOPHYTE; GREEN ALGA; HAPLOIDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOROPHYTE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

ALGAE, BROWN; ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENES, PLANT; GERM CELLS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS; PLOIDIES; SPORES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 36849024982     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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