| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Systematics Association special volume series ; 59 |
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Systematics Association special volume ; no. 59.
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| 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 |
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Functional diversity of heterotrophic flagellates in aquatic ecosystemsGeographic 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 |
| Summary |
This book presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring their unity, and their diversity. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst the flagellates are explored |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flagellata.
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Zooflagellates.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Flagellata
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Zooflagellates
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Zweepdiertjes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leadbeater, Barry S. C
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Green, J. C
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| ISBN |
0203484819 |
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9780203484814 |
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1280406003 |
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9781280406003 |
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9780748409143 |
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0748409149 |
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