ReviewSexual plant reproduction2011
Evolution of reproductive development in the volvocine algae.
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- Light-dependent processes in algae across scales: from cellular physiology to ecological organization.Plant physiology · 2026Review
- A population threshold for dedicated teaching.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Spatiotemporal distribution of the glycoprotein pherophorin II reveals stochastic geometry of the growing ECM ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Mosaic of somatic mutations in one of Earth's largest organisms, Pando.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Sensing a rainbow of colors: algal photoreceptors.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
- Cell Type-Specific Promoters ofGenes · 2023Article
- Influence of Cell Wall on Biomolecules Biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Strains Exposed to Magnetic Fields.Current microbiology · 2023Article
- Molecular and cellular dynamics of early embryonic cell divisions in Volvox carteri.The Plant cell · 2022Article
- Bacterial marginolactones trigger formation of algal gloeocapsoids, protective aggregates on the verge of multicellularity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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- Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae.BMC biology · 2021Article
- Quiescence Through the Prism of Evolution.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Cilia-based peptidergic signaling.PLoS biology · 2019Article
- Different regulations of cell-type transcription by UV-B in multicellular green algaPlant signaling & behavior · 2019Article
- From molecular manipulation of domesticatedeLife · 2018Review
- The evolution of sexes: A specific test of the disruptive selection theory.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Modeling functional specialization of a cell colony under different fecundity and viability rates and resource constraint.PloS one · 2018Article
- Analysis of motility in multicellular Chlamydomonas reinhardtii evolved under predation.PloS one · 2018Article
- Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq analysis reveals extensive cell type-specific compartmentalization in Volvox carteri.BMC biology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The evolution of multicellularity, the separation of germline cells from sterile somatic cells, and the generation of a male-female dichotomy are certainly among the greatest innovations of eukaryotes. Remarkably, phylogenetic analysis suggests that the shift from simple to complex, differentiated multicellularity was not a unique progression in the evolution of life, but in fact a quite frequent event. The spheroidal green alga Volvox and its close relatives, the volvocine algae, span the full range of organizational complexity, from unicellular and colonial genera to multicellular genera with a full germ-soma division of labor and male-female dichotomy; thus, these algae are ideal model organisms for addressing fundamental issues related to the transition to multicellularity and for discovering universal rules that characterize this transition. Of all living species, Volvox carteri represents the simplest version of an immortal germline producing specialized somatic cells. This cellular specialization involved the emergence of mortality and the production of the first dead ancestors in the evolution of this lineage. Volvocine algae therefore exemplify the evolution of cellular cooperation from cellular autonomy. They also serve as a prime example of the evolution of complex traits by a few successive, small steps. Thus, we learn from volvocine algae that the evolutionary transition to complex, multicellular life is probably much easier to achieve than is commonly believed.
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