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| Title |
New “missing link” genus of the colonial volvocine green algae gives insights into the evolution of oogamy
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-37 |
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| Authors |
Hisayoshi Nozaki, Toshihiro K Yamada, Fumio Takahashi, Ryo Matsuzaki, Takashi Nakada |
| Abstract |
The evolution of oogamy from isogamy, an important biological event, can be summarized as follows: morphologically similar gametes (isogametes) differentiated into small "male" and large "female" motile gametes during anisogamy, from which immotile female gametes (eggs) evolved. The volvocine green algae represent a model lineage to study this type of sex evolution and show two types of gametic unions: conjugation between isogametes outside the parental colonies (external fertilization during isogamy) and fertilization between small motile gametes (sperm) and large gametes (eggs) inside the female colony (internal fertilization during anisogamy and oogamy). Although recent cultural studies on volvocine algae revealed morphological diversity and molecular genetic data of sexual reproduction, an intermediate type of union between these two gametic unions has not been identified. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1 | 25% |
| Japan | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 38 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 32% |
| Researcher | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 50% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 11% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2023.
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