Patterns of cell division in the filamentous Desmidiaceae, close green algal relatives of land plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 643-654

  Hall, John D ^a,c   McCourt, Richard M ^b   Delwiche, Charles F ^c  

^a The New York Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; coxIII; Desmidiaceae; Development; rbcL; Septum formation; Zygnematophyceae

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GREEN ALGA; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CHARACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COSMARIUM; DESMIDIACEAE; DESMIDIALES; DESMIDIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; SPONDYLOSIUM; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

EID: 45749091702     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007210     Document Type: Article

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