Understanding “green” multicellularity: Do seaweeds hold the key?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Coates, Juliet C ^a   Umm E Aiman, ^a   Charrier, Benedicte ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Life cycles; Macroalgae; Multicellularity; Plants; Toolkit; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922228900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00737     Document Type: Article

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