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Volvox

A genus of GREEN ALGAE in the family Volvocaceae. They form spherical colonies of hundreds or thousands of bi-flagellated cells in a semi-transparent… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Origins of multicellular complexity: Volvox and the volvocine algae
The collection of evolutionary transformations known as the ‘major transitions’ or ‘transitions in individuality’ resulted in… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Hydrodynamic synchronization and metachronal waves on the surface of the colonial alga Volvox carteri.
From unicellular ciliates to the respiratory epithelium, carpets of cilia display metachronal waves, long-wavelength phase… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri
The introduction of two microbial opsin–based tools, channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) and halorhodopsin (NpHR), to neuroscience has… 
2007
2007
The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP): a biological resource for protistan genomics.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
regA, a Volvox gene that plays a central role in germ-soma differentiation, encodes a novel regulatory protein.
Volvox has two cell types: mortal somatic cells and immortal germ cells. Here we describe the transposon-tagging, cloning and… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The Chlorella hexose/H+ symporter is a useful selectable marker and biochemical reagent when expressed in Volvox.
The multicellular obligately photoautotrophic alga Volvox is composed of only two types of cells, somatic and reproductive… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The relationship between cell size and cell fate in Volvox carteri
In Volvox carteri development, visibly asymmetric cleavage divisions set apart large embryonic cells that will become asexual… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Cell shape changes and the mechanism of inversion in Volvox
Inversion is a dominant aspect of morphogenesis in Volvox. In this process, the hollow, spheroidal Volvox embryo turns inside-out… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Purification and characterization of the hormone initiating sexual morphogenesis in Volvox carteri f. nagariensis Iyengar.
In Volvox carteri f. nagariensis male spheroids secrete into the medium a sexual hormone which controls the initiation of the… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Differentiation of reproductive cells in Volvox carteri.
SYNOPSIS. The life cycle of Volvox carteri was studied in axenic culture using the NB-3 and the NB-7 strains isolated from… 
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