Volvox : molecular-genetic origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation / David L. Kirk.
Kirk, David L., 1934-| Call Number | 579.8/32 |
| Author | Kirk, David L., 1934- author. |
| Title | Volvox : molecular-genetic origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation / David L. Kirk. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Developmental and cell biology series ; 33 |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction -- The Volvocales: Many Multicellular Innovations -- Ecological Factors Fostering the Evolution of Volvox -- Cytological Features Fostering the Evolution of Volvox -- Volvox carteri: A Rosetta Stone for Deciphering the Origins of Cytodifferentiation -- Mutational Analysis of the V. carteri Developmental Program -- Molecular Analysis of V. carteri Genes and Development. |
| Summary | The central thesis of this book is that Volvox and its unicellular and colonial relatives provide a wholly unrivalled opportunity to explore the proximate and ultimate causes underlying the evolution, from unicellular ancestors, of multicellular organisms with fully differentiated cell types. A major portion of the book is devoted to reviewing what is known about the genetic, cellular and molecular basis of development in the most extensively studied species of Volvox: V. cateri, which exhibits a complete division of labour between mortal somatic cells and immortal germ cells. However, this topic has been put in context by first considering the ecological conditions and cytological preconditions that appear to have fostered the evolution of organisms of progressively increasing size and with progressively increasing tendency to produce terminally differentiated somatic cells. The book concludes by raising the question of whether the germensoma dichotomy may have evolved by similar or different genetic pathways in different species of Volvox. Biologists and phycologists interested in development, genetics and cellular evolution will find this a fascinating work. |
| Subject | Volvox. |
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| Summary | The central thesis of this book is that Volvox and its unicellular and colonial relatives provide a wholly unrivalled opportunity to explore the proximate and ultimate causes underlying the evolution, from unicellular ancestors, of multicellular organisms with fully differentiated cell types. A major portion of the book is devoted to reviewing what is known about the genetic, cellular and molecular basis of development in the most extensively studied species of Volvox: V. cateri, which exhibits a complete division of labour between mortal somatic cells and immortal germ cells. However, this topic has been put in context by first considering the ecological conditions and cytological preconditions that appear to have fostered the evolution of organisms of progressively increasing size and with progressively increasing tendency to produce terminally differentiated somatic cells. The book concludes by raising the question of whether the germensoma dichotomy may have evolved by similar or different genetic pathways in different species of Volvox. Biologists and phycologists interested in development, genetics and cellular evolution will find this a fascinating work. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction -- The Volvocales: Many Multicellular Innovations -- Ecological Factors Fostering the Evolution of Volvox -- Cytological Features Fostering the Evolution of Volvox -- Volvox carteri: A Rosetta Stone for Deciphering the Origins of Cytodifferentiation -- Mutational Analysis of the V. carteri Developmental Program -- Molecular Analysis of V. carteri Genes and Development. |
| Subject | Volvox. |
| Multimedia |