
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Volvocales: Many Multicellular Innovations
- 3 Ecological Factors Fostering the Evolution of Volvox
- 4 Cytological Features Fostering the Evolution of Volvox
- 5 Volvox carteri: A Rosetta Stone for Deciphering the Origins of Cytodifferentiation
- 6 Mutational Analysis of the V. carteri Developmental Program
- 7 Molecular Analysis of V. carteri Genes and Development
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Volvocales: Many Multicellular Innovations
- 3 Ecological Factors Fostering the Evolution of Volvox
- 4 Cytological Features Fostering the Evolution of Volvox
- 5 Volvox carteri: A Rosetta Stone for Deciphering the Origins of Cytodifferentiation
- 6 Mutational Analysis of the V. carteri Developmental Program
- 7 Molecular Analysis of V. carteri Genes and Development
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
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- VolvoxA Search for the Molecular and Genetic Origins of Multicellularity and Cellular Differentiation, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997