| Origins of Algae and Their Plastids Contributor(s): Bhattacharjee, Debashish (Author), Bhattacharya, D. (Author), Bhattacharya, Debashish (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3211830367 ISBN-13: 9783211830369 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Flowers - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 579.813 |
| Physical Information: 287 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Algae are of central importance in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Recent molecular sequence analyses show that the algae are of polyphyletic origins and that their evolution is best explained by tracing the endosymbiotic events that have resulted in the origins of their plastids. This volume provides a highly readable, thorough and up-to-date account of the major findings in algal, cyanobacterial and plastid phylogeny. All major algal groups (e.g., green, red, heterokont, dinoflagellate algae) are treated in separate chapters by leading experts on these groups. |
