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SUBMITTER: Umen JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4396658 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Umen James G JG Olson Bradley J S C BJ
Advances in Botanical Research. 20120101
Volvocine algae are a group of chlorophytes that together comprise a unique model for evolutionary and developmental biology. The species <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</i> and <i>Volvox carteri</i> represent extremes in morphological diversity within the Volvocine clade. <i>Chlamydomonas</i> is unicellular and reflects the ancestral state of the group, while <i>Volvox</i> is multicellular and has evolved numerous innovations including germ-soma differentiation, sexual dimorphism, and complex morp ...[more]