Experimental evolution of an alternating uni- and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ratcliff, William C ^a,b   Herron, Matthew D ^c   Howell, Kathryn ^b   Pentz, Jennifer T ^a,b   Rosenzweig, Frank ^c   Travisano, Michael ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANCESTRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; ONTOGENY; OPTIMIZATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PROPAGULE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84889250033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3742     Document Type: Article

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