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Author(s): Leadbeater, Barry S. C
ISBN(s): 9781316128718, 1316128717
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 39.66 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
SKU: EB-5282820 Category: Tags: ,

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ISBN 10:   0521884446

ISBN 13: 978-0521884440

Author: Barry S. C. Leadbeater

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 forty years of choanoflagellates research. Key areas are covered, from the phylogenetic evidence supporting the sister-group relationship between choanoflagellates and Metazoa, to choanoflagellate distribution and diversity in marine and freshwater environments. The structure and assembly of choanoflagellate loricae is also presented together with a full discussion of a novel example of ‘regulatory evolution’, suggesting that the switch from nudiform to tectiform cell division and lorica production was achieved by a sudden reorganisation of existing structures and mechanisms. Providing an authoritative summary of what is currently known about choanoflagellates, this title will serve as a foundation upon which future research and discussion can take place.
 

Table of contents: 

1. Historical Perspectives
2. The Collared Flagellate: Functional Morphology and Ultrastructure
3. Craspedida: Choanoflagellates with Exclusively Organic Coverings
4. Loricate Choanoflagellates: Acanthoecida
5. Loricate Choanoflagellates: Requirement for Silicon and Its Deposition in Costal Strips
6. Loricate Choanoflagellates: Acanthoecidae – Nudiform Species
7. Loricate Choanoflagellates: Stephanoecidae – Tectiform Species
8. Loricate Choanoflagellates: Evolutionary Relationship Between the Nudiform and Tectiform Conditions
9. Choanoflagellate Ecology
10. Choanoflagellate Phylogeny: Evolution of Metazoan Multicellularity

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