The flagellates : unity, diversity, and evolution / edited by Barry S.C. Leadbeater and J.C. Green.
This book presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring their unity, and their diversity. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst the flagellates are explored.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2000.
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| Series: | Systematics Association special volume ;
no. 59. |
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; The flagellates: historical perspectives; The flagellate condition; Mechanisms of flagellar propulsion; The flagellate cytoskeleton: introduction of a general terminology for microtubular flagellar roots in protists; Molecular aspects of the centrin-based cytoskeleton in flagellates; The cell surface of flagellates; Sensory mechanisms: phototaxes and light perception in algae; Trophic strategies; Amitochondriate flagellates; Adaptations to parasitism among flagellates; Flagellates and the microbial loop.
- Functional diversity of heterotrophic flagellates in aquatic ecosystemsGeographic distribution and diversity of free-living heterotrophic flagellates; Cosmopolitan haptophyte flagellates and their genetic links; Occurrence and loss of organelles; Flagellate phylogeny: an ultrastructural approach; Flagellate megaevolution: the basis for eukaryote diversification; Index; Systematics Association Publications.