Zygospore formation between homothallic and heterothallic strains of Closterium

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Tsuchikane, Yuki ^a   Tsuchiya, Miki ^a   Hindák, František ^b   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^c   Sekimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closterium; Conjugation; Heterothallism; Homothallism; Sexual reproduction; Zygospore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

CLOSTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHAROPHYCEAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CLOSTERIUM; CLOSTERIUM PERACEROSUM-STRIGOSUM-LITTORALE COMPLEX; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84857356340     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-011-0174-z     Document Type: Article

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