Distributions of reproductive and somatic cell numbers in diverse Volvox (Chlorophyta) species

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-727

  Shelton, Deborah E ^a   Desnitskiy, Alexey G ^b   Michod, Richard E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Development; Eco devo; Evolution; Multicellularity; Reproductive allocation; Robustness; Volvox

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX;

EID: 84873643093     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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