Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids.

Volvox is a very interesting oogamous organism that exhibits various types of sexuality and/or sexual spheroids depending upon species or strains. However, molecular bases of such sexual reproduction characteristics have not been studied in this genus. In the model species V. carteri, an ortholog of...

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Main Authors: Kayoko Yamamoto, Hiroko Kawai-Toyooka, Takashi Hamaji, Yuki Tsuchikane, Toshiyuki Mori, Fumio Takahashi, Hiroyuki Sekimoto, Patrick J Ferris, Hisayoshi Nozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5493378?pdf=render