DNA-based species delimitation in algae
- F. Leliaert, H. Verbruggen, O. De Clerck
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 3 April 2014
These recent developments in DNA-based species delimitation methods are reviewed, and it is discussed how they have changed and continue to change the authors' understanding of algal species boundaries.
Systematics and genetic variation in commercial Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)
- G. Zuccarello, A. Critchley, Jennifer E. Smith, V. Sieber, G. B. Lhonneur, J. West
- Biology
- 2006
The systematics and taxonomy of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (Solieriaceae) is confused and difficult due to morphological plasticity, lack of adequate characters to identify species and commercial names of convenience; molecular markers provided insights into taxonomy and genetic variation, and where sources of genetic variation may be located.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE GENUS CAULERPA (CAULERPALES, CHLOROPHYTA) INFERRED FROM CHLOROPLAST tufA GENE1
- P. Famà, B. Wysor, W. Kooistra, G. Zuccarello
- Biology
- 1 October 2002
A molecular phylogeny was inferred from chloroplast tufA sequences of 23 taxa of Caulerpa to better understand the evolutionary history of the genus, finding high bootstrap values support monophyly of C. mexicana, C. sertularioides, and C. prolifera, whereas most other C Faulerpa species show para‐ or polyphyly.
A mitochondrial marker for red algal intraspecific relationships
- G. Zuccarello, G. Burger, J. West, R. King
- BiologyMolecular Ecology
- 1 September 1999
This is the first report of a mitochondrial marker that is variable within red algal populations and may lead to a better understanding of the population ecology of these important marine organisms.
Systematics and genetic variation in commercial shape Kappaphycus and shape Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)
- G. Zuccarello, A. Critchley, Jennifer E. Smith, V. Sieber, G. B. Lhonneur, J. West
- BiologyJournal of Applied Phycology
- 8 July 2006
The systematics and taxonomy of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (Solieriaceae) is confused and difficult due to morphological plasticity, lack of adequate characters to identify species and commercial names of convenience; molecular markers provided insights into taxonomy and genetic variation, and where sources of genetic variation may be located.
18S rDNA phylogeny and evolution of cap development in Polyphysaceae (formerly Acetabulariaceae; Dasycladales, Chlorophyta)
- S. Berger, Ulrike Fettweiss, G. Zuccarello
- Biology
- 1 September 2003
This study investigates in detail the development of reproductive structures in 17 Polyphysaceae (= Acetabulariaceae) species and provides a molecular phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA sequence data of 23 species of the order Dasycladales.
Gracilaria species (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from southeastern Australia, including a new species, Gracilaria perplexa sp. nov.: Morphology, molecular relationships and agar content
- K. Byrne, G. Zuccarello, J. West, M. Liao, G. Kraft
- Biology
- 1 December 2002
Molecular phylogeny shows that G. perplexa is closely related to Gracilaria preissiana from western Australia, but differs from the latter in its reduced branching and narrower more terete axes.
Introduction of Asian strains and low genetic variation in farmed seaweeds: indications for new management practices
- C. Halling, S. Wikström, Gustaf Lilliesköld-Sjöö, Erik Mörk, Elisabeth Lundsør, G. Zuccarello
- BiologyJournal of Applied Phycology
- 1 February 2013
A molecular marker from cultivated and wild specimen of the widely farmed seaweeds Eucheuma and Kappaphycus collected in Zanzibar indicates a low accessible gene pool, which can limit the capacity for adaptation to changed conditions and disease resistance in the farming system.
THE EVOLUTION OF PARASITISM IN RED ALGAE: CELLULAR INTERACTIONS OF ADELPHOPARASITES AND THEIR HOSTS 1
- L. J. Goff, G. Zuccarello
- Biology
- 1 August 1994
The development and physiology of these parasites is similar to normal post-fertilization processes in the hosts that give rise to carposporophytes and suggests that these adelphoparasites may have originated from perturbations of developmental pathways involved in their host's post‐fERTilization development.
Genetic structure of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera along the southeastern Pacific
- E. Macaya, G. Zuccarello
- Environmental Science
- 16 December 2010
It is concluded that both present and historic events are responsible for the genetic structure of M. pyrifera along the southeastern Pacific coast (SEP), and the low genetic diversity observed may be related to contemporary events and El Nino Southern Oscillation.
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