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The choanoflagellates : evolution, biology and ecology /

Choanoflagellates have three distinctive claims to fame: they are the closest, living, unicellular relatives of animals; they are a major component of aquatic microbial foodwebs; and one group is remarkable for its siliceous basket-like coverings. This landmark book offers a unique synthesis of over...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leadbeater, Barry S. C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historical perspectives
  • The collared flagellate : functional morphology and ultrastructure
  • Craspedida : choanoflagellates with exclusively organic coverings
  • Loricate choanoflagellates : Acanthoecida
  • Loricate choanoflagellates : requirement for silicon and its deposition in costal strips
  • Loricate choanoflagellates : Acanthoecidae
  • Nudiform species
  • Loricate choanoflagellates : Stephanoecidae
  • Tectiform species
  • Loricate choanoflagellates : evolutionary relationship between the nudiform and tectiform conditions
  • Choanoflagellate ecology
  • Choanoflagellate phylogeny : evolution of metazoan multicellularity.