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ArticleProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences2017

Cell size for commitment to cell division and number of successive cell divisions in multicellular volvocine green algae Tetrabaena socialis and Gonium pectorale.

Lin Wei Jong, Takayuki Fujiwara, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Shin-Ya Miyagishima

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Article in Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lin Wei JongDepartment of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics.
Takayuki FujiwaraDepartment of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics.
Hisayoshi NozakiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.
Shin-Ya MiyagishimaDepartment of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics.
National Institute of Genetics · JPThe Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volvocine algae constitute a green algal lineage comprising unicellular Chlamydomonas, four-celled Tetrabaena, eight to 32-celled Gonium, and others up to Volvox spp., which consist of up to 50,000 cells. These algae proliferate by multiple fissions with cellular growth up to several fold in size and subsequent successive cell divisions. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells produce two to 32 daughter cells by one to five divisions, depending on cellular growth in the G1 phase. By contrast, in this study, we found that Tetrabaena socialis and Gonium pectorale cells mostly produced four and eight daughter cells by two and three successive divisions, respectively. In contrast to C. reinhardtii, which is committed to cell division when the cell has grown two-fold, T. socialis and G. pectorale are committed only when the cells have grown four- and eight-fold, respectively. Thus, our results suggest that evolutionary changes in cellular size for commitment largely contributes to the emergence and evolution of multicellularity in volvocine algae.

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Cell CountCell Culture TechniquesCell DivisionCell SizeChlorophytaElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gelcell divisioncoenobiumcommitmentmultiple fissionvolvocine algae

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PMID29225309
PMCPMC5790760
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