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J Phycol. 2012 Jun;48(3):491-513. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01168.x. Epub 2012 May 09.

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLVOCACEAE (CHLOROPHYTA)(1).

Journal of phycology

A W Coleman

Affiliations

  1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.

PMID: 27011065 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01168.x

Abstract

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

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