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| polysaccharide composed of xylose sugar residues |
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| polysaccharide composed of mannose residues |
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| red or orange lipid bodies occurring outside the chloroplast |
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| protein (apoprotein) part of a photoreceptor such as rhodopsin. The opsin is bound by a lysine group to the chromophore (colored compound) which is commonly retinal |
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| type of asexual reproduction where a thallus breaks into two or more parts, each of which forms a new thallus |
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| aplanospore with the same shape as the parent cell |
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| colony of algal cells in a specific arrangement and number that is fixed at the time of origin and is not subsequently augmented |
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| adherence of gametes of different mating types by their flagella tips |
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| flagella adhesion between gametes of different sexes |
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| adhesion of flagella of the same sex when a mating-type substance of the opposite sex is added |
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| flagellar root composed of microfibrils that are often contractile |
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| outer covering of the Dinophyceae and some Chlorophyceae |
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| polysaccharide composed of Β-1,4 linked glucose molecules that forms the main skeletal framework of most algal cells |
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| wall formation by the coalescence of Golgi vesicles between spindle microtubules |
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| type of cell division in which the mitotic spindle disperses after nuclear division with the two daughter nuclei coming close together, another set of microtubules arising perpendicular to the former position of the microtubules of the mitotic spindle, and the new cell wall forming along these microtubules |
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| asexual spore produced by some cyanobacteria |
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| the incision in the midregion of a desmid cell (green algae) |
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| a passage connecting two bodies |
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| having more than one shape |
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| zygote plus an enclosing layer of cells in Coleochaete (Chlorophyta) |
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| part of the thallus that bears branches |
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| part of axis between nodes |
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| refers to the grouping of stoneworts (Charales) and land plants (embryophytes) |
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| deposits of calcium and magnesium carbonate |
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| star-shaped aggregate of cells filled with starch that forms new plants in the stoneworts (Charales) |
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| small plant formed on rhizoids in the stoneworts (charophytes) |
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| male reproductive structure in the Charales |
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| female reproductive structure in the Charales |
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| Siphonaceous (Coenocytic) Cells: |
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| large multinucleate cells without cross walls except when reproductive bodies are formed |
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| wall ingrowths in some coenocytic green algae |
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| migration of species through the Suez Canal. Derived from Ferdinand de Lesseps who designed the canal |
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| chemical substance involved in the recognition of a gamete of the opposite strain |
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| a dense plate in the anterior part of the protoplasm of a gamete that determines its sex |
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| Photoperiodic time measurement: |
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| ability of plants and animals to sense the season of the year by measuring the duration of the day or night in the natural environment and respond appropriately so as to adapt to seasonal changes in the environment |
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| compound that functions as a sexual attractant or acts as a trigger for reproductive behavior |
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| a cell that dividies to form a daughter colony |
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| phenomenon in the green algae in which a colony turns itself inside out through a pore |
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| hole in an inverted daughter colony in the Volvocales (Chlorophyta) |
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| a mechanochemical protein capable of utilizing chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis to generate mechanical force |
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| algal partner in a lichen |
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| curled appendages on a zygote |
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| sporangium that forms androspores |
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| spore that forms a dwarf male filament in the Oedogoniales (green algae) |
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| cell to which the dwarf male filament attaches in Oedogonium (Chlorophyta) |
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