Flagellar phenotypic plasticity in volvocalean algae correlates with Péclet number

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 63, 2011, Pages 1409-1417

  Solari, Cristian A ^a   Drescher, Knut ^b   Ganguly, Sujoy ^b   Kessler, John O ^c   Michod, Richard E ^c   Goldstein, Raymond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Flagella; Fluid dynamics; Nutrient uptake; Phenotypic plasticity; Volvox

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELLS; FLUIDS; NUTRIENTS;

EVOLUTION; FLAGELLA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; VOLVOX;

MUTAGENESIS;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COLONY FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAGELLUM; FLUID FLOW; GONIUM PECTORALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PECLET NUMBER; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SEDIMENTATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPHEROID CELL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; VOLVOCALEAN ALGA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX BARBERI; VOLVOX CARTERI;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GONIUM PECTORALE; VOLVOX; VOLVOX BARBERI; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 80052230234     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0023     Document Type: Article

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