Monosiga

Index | Introduction | Appearance | Ultrastructure | Reproduction and Life History | Similar genera | Classification | Taxonomy and Nomenclature | Cultures | References | Internet resources


SELECTED REFERENCES

Boenigk J, Arndt H. 2000. Comparative studies on the feeding behavior of two heterotrophic nanoflagellates: The filter-feeding choanoflagellate Monosiga ovata and the raptorial-feeding kinetoplastid Rhynchomonas nasuta. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 22: 243-249.

Hibberd DJ. 1975. Observations on the ultrastructure of the choanoflagellate Codosiga botrytis (Ehr.) Saville-Kent with special reference to the flagellar apparatus. Journal of Cell Science 17: 191-219. Abstract

Karpov SA. 1982. The ultrastructure of a fresh-water flagellate Monosiga ovata Kent (Choanoflagellida: Monosigidae). Tsitologiya 24: 400-404 [in Russian] Abstract (local)

Karpov SA, Leadbeater BSC. 1998. Cytoskeleton structure and composition in choanoflagellates. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45: 361 - 367.

Karpov SA, Leadbeater BSC. 1997. Cell and nuclear division in a freshwater choanoflagellate, Monosiga ovata Kent. European Journal of Protistology 33: 323-334.

Karpov SA, Mylnikov AP. 1993. Preliminary observations on the ultrastructure of mitosis in choanoflagellates. European Journal of Protistology 29: 19-23. Abstract (local)

Kent WS. 1880. A manual of the Infusoria.

King N, Carroll SB. 2001. A receptor tyrosine kinase from choanoflagellates: molecular insights into early animal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98: 15032-15037. Abstract from NCBI PubMed.

Leadbeater BSC. 1991. Choanoflagellate organization with special reference to loricate taxa. In: The Biology of Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates (Patterson DJ, Larsen J, eds), p. 241. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Snell EA, Furlong RF, Holland PW. 2001. Hsp70 sequences indicate that choanoflagellates are closely related to animals. Current Biology 11: 967-977. Abstract (with link to full text) from NCBI PubMed.

Thomsen HA, Buck KR. 1991. Choanoflagellate diversity with particular emphasis on the Acanthoecidae. In: The Biology of Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates (Patterson DJ, Larsen J, eds), p. 259. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Wainwright PO, Hinkle G, Sogin ML, Stickel SK. 1993. Monophyletic origins of the Metazoa: an evolutionary link with fungi. Science 260: 340. Abstract


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