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Life-cycle-generation-specific developmental processes are modified in the immediate upright mutant of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 2008
Peters Akira F, Scornet Delphine, Ratin Morgane, Charrier Bénédicte, Monnier Annabelle, Merrien Yves, Corre Erwan, Coelho Susana M, Cock J Mark
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Development of the sporophyte and gametophyte generations of the brown alga E. siliculosus involves two different patterns of early development, which begin with either a symmetric or an asymmetric division of the initial cell, respectively. A mutant, immediate upright (imm), was isolated that exhibited several characteristics typical of the gametophyte during the early development of the sporophyte generation....
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