Genetic regulation of life cycle transitions in the brown alga ectocarpus

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1858-1860

  Coelho, Susana M ^a,b   Godfroy, Olivier ^a,b   Arun, Alok ^a,b   le Corguillé, Gildas ^a   Peters, Akira F ^c   Mark Cock, J ^a,b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Station Biologique de Roscoff ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Ectocarpus siliculosus; Gametophyte; Homeotic mutation; Initial cell polarization; Life cycle; Multicellularity; Parthenogenesis; Phaeo phyceae; Sporophyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PLANT GENE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MUTATION; PHAEOPHYTA;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 81255151076     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.11.17737     Document Type: Article

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