Meiotic genes and sexual reproduction in the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 419-430

  Fučíková, Karolina ^a   Pažoutová, Marie ^b,c   Rindi, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal genomes; Chlorophyta; Green algae; Meiotic genes; Sexual reproduction; Trebouxiophyceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84931568130     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12293     Document Type: Article

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