New "missing link" genus of the colonial volvocine green algae gives insights into the evolution of oogamy

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Yamada, Toshihiro K ^a   Takahashi, Fumio ^b   Matsuzaki, Ryo ^a   Nakada, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRIA; UKRAINE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROPHYTA; EUDORINA; PANDORINA; PANDORINA CHARKOWIENSIS; PLATYDORINA; YAMAGISHIELLA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84897995888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-37     Document Type: Article

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