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SUBMITTER: Kimbara R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715204 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kimbara Ryosuke R Isaka Nanako N Matsuzaki Ryo R Kawai-Toyooka Hiroko H Kawachi Masanobu M Nozaki Hisayoshi H
PloS one 20190829 8
Volvox rousseletii is a dioecious species belonging to Volvox sect. Volvox that has previously only been found in Africa. During field surveys in a large dam lake (Lake Sagami) in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan, we encountered a Volvox sect. Volvox species that produces dioecious sexual spheroids in the water column. Although sexual induction of this species in culture did not produce adequately well-developed sexual spheroids for species identification, molecular data directly obtained from ...[more]