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The choanoflagellates : evolution, biology, and ecology
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ISBN: 9781139051125 9780521884440 1139051121 9781316128718 1316128717 9781316129807 1316129802 9781316130896 1316130894 1316128717 0521884446 1316119998 1316121089 1316133079 131613198X 1316127621 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Choanoflagellates have three distinctive claims to fame: they are the closest, living, unicellular relatives of animals; they are a major component of aquatic microbial foodwebs; and one group is remarkable for its siliceous basket-like coverings. This landmark book offers a unique synthesis of over forty years of choanoflagellates research. Key areas are covered, from the phylogenetic evidence supporting the sister-group relationship between choanoflagellates and Metazoa, to choanoflagellate distribution and diversity in marine and freshwater environments. The structure and assembly of choanoflagellate loricae is also presented together with a full discussion of a novel example of 'regulatory evolution', suggesting that the switch from nudiform to tectiform cell division and lorica production was achieved by a sudden reorganisation of existing structures and mechanisms. Providing an authoritative summary of what is currently known about choanoflagellates, this title will serve as a foundation upon which future research and discussion can take place.

The flagellates : unity, diversity and evolution
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ISBN: 0748409149 9780748409143 Year: 2000 Volume: 59 Publisher: London: Taylor & Francis,


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The chromophyte algae : problems and perspectives [proceedings of a symposium held in Plymouth, UK, April 1988]
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ISBN: 0198577133 Year: 1989 Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press,

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Biomineralization in lower plants and animals : proceedings of an international symposium held at the University of Birmingham, April 1985
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ISBN: 0198577028 Year: 1986 Publisher: Oxford : Published for the Systematics Association by the Clarendon Press,

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