The flagellar root system in the gamete ofAcetabularia mediterranea |
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Authors: | W Herth B Heck H U Koop |
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Institution: | (1) Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany;(2) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Ultrastructural investigation of the flagellar root system ofAcetabularia gametes reveals one type of organization for both male and female gametes. There is a modified cruciate system with four microtubular bands X-2-X-2, with X=4. A prominent distal striated fiber and a small proximal striated fiber connect the flagellar bases. A striated root fiber type I underlies the microtubular root type II, and a short striated root fiber type I underlies the microtubular root type I (terminology ofMelkonian 1980 b). This specific root system has some details in common with theChlamydomonas type, and others with theUlvaphyceae and the siphonalean algaeDerbesia andBryopsis. This might indicate the phylogenetic relationships. |
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Keywords: | Acetabularia Dasycladalean green alga Flagellar roots Microtubules Striated fiber Phylogeny |
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