Three-dimensional images of choanoflagellate loricae

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Leadbeater, Barry S C ^a   Yu, QiBin ^a   Kent, Joyce ^a   Stekel, Dov J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell rotation; Choanoflagellates; Computer graphic model; Lorica assembly; Lorica construction; Lorica function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; SKELETON;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; COMPUTER MODEL; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; FOOD; LOCOMOTION; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; PSEUDOPODIUM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATER FLOW;

CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; LORICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 58149242617     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0844     Document Type: Review

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