The multiple origins of complex multicellularity

AH Knoll - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Simple multicellularity has evolved numerous times within the Eukarya, but complex
multicellular organisms belong to only six clades: animals, embryophytic land plants …

Inorganic carbon acquisition by marine autotrophs

JA Raven - Advances in botanical research, 1997 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses inorganic carbon (C) acquisition by marine
autotrophs. This chapter discusses the characteristics of inorganic C acquisition process …

Insights into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta)

SH Brawley, NA Blouin, E Ficko-Blean… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Porphyra umbilicalis (laver) belongs to an ancient group of red algae (Bangiophyceae), is
harvested for human food, and thrives in the harsh conditions of the upper intertidal zone …

Bangiomorpha pubescens n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes

NJ Butterfield - Paleobiology, 2000 - cambridge.org
Multicellular filaments from the ca. 1200-Ma Hunting Formation (Somerset Island, arctic
Canada) are identified as bangiacean red algae on the basis of diagnostic cell-division …

Diversity of eukaryotic algae

RA Andersen - Biodiversity & Conservation, 1992 - Springer
Algae are ubiquitous. They are the primary producers for all the oceans and seas, an area
that covers 71% of the Earth's surface. Algae also occur in freshwater lakes, ponds and …

Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data

GW Saunders, MH Hommersand - American journal of botany, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The wondrously diverse eukaryotes that constitute the red algae have been the focus of
numerous recent molecular surveys and remain a rich source of undescribed and little …

Reefal coralline algal build‐ups within the Arctic Circle: morphology and sedimentary dynamics under extreme environmental seasonality

A Freiwald, R Henrich - Sedimentology, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Carbonate frameworks secreted by phototrophic organisms within the Arctic Circle are not
well documented. Underwater surveys of the inner‐shelf off Troms, northern Norway (70° N) …

The unique features of starch metabolism in red algae

R Viola, P Nyvall, M Pedersén - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Red algae (Rhodophyceae) are photosynthetic eukaryotes that accumulate starch granules
outside of their plastids. The starch granules from red algae (floridean starch) show …

Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny

V Pena, C Vieira, JC Braga, J Aguirre, A Rösler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The subclass Corallinophycidae is the only group of red algae characterized by the
presence of calcite crystals in their cell walls. Except for the Rhodogorgonales, the …

Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial DNA of the Red Alga Porphyra purpurea: Cyanobacterial Introns and Shared Ancestry of Red and Green Algae

G Burger, D Saint-Louis, MW Gray, BF Lang - The Plant Cell, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Porphyra purpurea, a circular-mapping genome of
36,753 bp, has been completely sequenced. A total of 57 densely packed genes has been …