The choanoflagellates : evolution, biology, and ecology / Barry S.C. Leadbeater, University of Birmingham, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leadbeater, Barry S. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choanoflagellates.

Protozoa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Historical perspectives

The collared flagellate : functional morphology and ultrastructure

Craspedida : choanoflagellates with exclusively organic coverings

Loricate choanoflagellates : Acanthoecida

Loricate choanoflagellates : requirement for silicon and its deposition in costal strips

Loricate choanoflagellates : Acanthoecidae

nudiform species

Loricate choanoflagellates : Stephanoecidae

tectiform species

Loricate choanoflagellates : evolutionary relationship between the nudiform and tectiform conditions

Choanoflagellate ecology

Choanoflagellate phylogeny : evolution of metazoan multicellularity.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-316-11999-8

1-316-12108-9

1-316-13307-9

1-316-13198-X

1-316-12980-2

1-139-05112-1

1-316-13089-4

1-316-12871-7

1-316-12762-1