Stylonematophyceae

Red algal plastid genomes are often considered ancestral and evolutionarily stable, and thus more closely resembling the last… Expand

Carotenoid composition is very diverse in Rhodophyta. In this study, we investigated whether this variation is related to the… Expand

........................................................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................................... v DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................... vi LIST of FIGURES .............................................................................................................................. ix LIST of TABLES .................................................................................................................................. x Chapter 1.0: GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 1.1 The Evolution of Sex (Meiosis): ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Origin of Sexual Reproduction: ............................................................................................... 3 1.3 The Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction and Its Benefits: .................................................. 5 1.4 Introduction to Red Algae: ...................................................................................................... 6 1.4.1 Classification of Red Algae ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.4.2 Characteristics of the Red Algae .............................................................................................................. 8 1.4.3 Reproduction and Life History of Red Algae ...................................................................................... 12 1.5 Diversity of Red Algae ............................................................................................................ 14 1.5.1 Bangiophyceae ........................................................................................................................................... 14 1.5.2 Florideophyceae ........................................................................................................................................ 16 1.5.3 Stylonematophyceae ................................................................................................................................. 17 1.5.4 Cyanidiophyceae ....................................................................................................................................... 18 1.5.5 Porphyridiophyceae .................................................................................................................................. 19 1.6 Pseudogenes and Gene Duplication ...................................................................................... 19 1.7 Horizontal Gene Transfer ....................................................................................................... 21 1.8 The Modes of Evolution ......................................................................................................... 22 1.9 Core Meiotic Genes ................................................................................................................ 23 1.10 Objectives of the Thesis ....................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 2.0: METHODS ................................................................................................................ 31 2.1 DNA Extraction and Samples ................................................................................................ 31 2.2 Primer Design ......................................................................................................................... 32 2.3 PCR Amplification of Meiotic Genes ..................................................................................... 33 

Copyright © 2014 The Korean Society of Phycology 101 http://e-algae.kr pISSN: 1226-2617 eISSN: 2093-0860 A new species of… Expand

The pseudofilamentous red alga Chroodactylon ornatum was grown in f/2 culture medium with the addition of 10, 34, and 100 μM… Expand

espanolKyliniella latvica Skuja es un rodofito de amplia distribucion pero escasamente citado debido a su caracter estacional. Su… Expand

 

The Stylonematales is the sole order of the Stylonematophyceae. The order consists of a mixture of filamentous or unicellular… Expand

The effect of salinity on growth, photosynthetic performance and osmotic acclimation was investigated in the eulittoral red algal… Expand

Diversity within the morphologically simple red algae has been underappreciated until recently.Phylogenetic results, using mostly… Expand