TY - JOUR

T1 - Advances in the research of sexual reproduction in colonial volvocine algae

AU - Desnitskiy, A. G.

N1 - Desnitskiy, A.G. Russ J Dev Biol (2019) 50: 225. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360419050047

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - The article presents a brief review of the latest experimental data on sexual reproduction in the colonial volvocine algae, which represent a promising model for research on developmental biology. The main focus is on the MID gene, which determines sex and controls the “minus”/male differentiation in iso-gamous, anisogamous, and oogamous volvocine species. The experiments on sex transformation in a model species Volvox carteri f. nagariensis are critically analyzed. Studies of the gene FUS1, which controls gamete recognition and fertilization in the isogamous and anisogamous volvocine algae, are also considered.

AB - The article presents a brief review of the latest experimental data on sexual reproduction in the colonial volvocine algae, which represent a promising model for research on developmental biology. The main focus is on the MID gene, which determines sex and controls the “minus”/male differentiation in iso-gamous, anisogamous, and oogamous volvocine species. The experiments on sex transformation in a model species Volvox carteri f. nagariensis are critically analyzed. Studies of the gene FUS1, which controls gamete recognition and fertilization in the isogamous and anisogamous volvocine algae, are also considered.

KW - CO-OPTION

KW - COMPLEXITY

KW - EVOLUTION

KW - GENOME REVEALS

KW - MULTICELLULARITY

KW - ORIGINS

KW - VOLVOCALES

KW - Volvox

KW - algae

KW - cell differentiation

KW - gametogenesis

KW - gene MID

KW - sexual reproduction

U2 - 10.1134/S1062360419050047

DO - 10.1134/S1062360419050047

M3 - Review article

VL - 50

SP - 225

EP - 229

JO - Russian Journal of Developmental Biology

JF - Russian Journal of Developmental Biology

SN - 1062-3604

IS - 5

ER -