J Phycol. 2012 Jun;48(3):491-513. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01168.x. Epub 2012 May 09.
Journal of phycology
A W Coleman
PMID: 27011065 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01168.x
This review covers essentially all aspects of the organisms in the green algal family Volvocaceae and suggests the genetic history of the various steps in their evolution from their unicellular ancestors.
© 2012 Phycological Society of America.
Keywords: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Eudorina; Gonium; Pandorina; Pleodorina; Volvocaceae; Volvox; genome projects; morphology; phylogenetics