Flagellates : Unity, Diversity and Evolution /: Unity, Diversity and Evolution. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Barry S.C. Leadbeater, John C. Green.
• Editors: Leadbeater, Barry S. C; Green, John C
• 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 ecosystems -- Geographic 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.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 579.8/2; Natural history; Marine sciences; Aquatic sciences; Physiology; Aquatic sciences; Marine sciences; Natural history; Physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482268225; 1482268221
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