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"Few groups of organisms hold such a fascination for evolutionary biologists as the Volvocales.  It is almost as if these algae were designed to exemplify the process of evolution" (Bell 1985)

This project is designed as a common effort among scientists with interests in Volvocales who wish to share information, data, images, publications.  The site provides information about research themes/projects, labs, databases, and other research tools of interest to the Volvocales community. The website has also sections on Volvocales ecology and life-history, phylogeny, and it has recently been enhanced with a wiki (Volvocales wiki).  When available, PDF files of publications are posted. 

If you have information you would like to share, please contact Aurora Nedelcu at anedelcu@unb.ca.

NEWS

August

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Another Origin of Coloniality in Volvocaleans: The Phylogenetic Position of Pyrobotrys Arnoldi (Spondylomoraceae, Volvocales). Nakada T, Nozaki H, Tomita M. JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY   Volume: 57   Issue: 4   Pages: 379-382

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How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga Volvox. Ueki N, Matsunaga S, Inouye I, Hallmann A. BMC Biology 8:103.

July

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GENETICS Volvox Genome Shows It Doesn't Take Much to Be Multicellular. Pennisi E. SCIENCE   Volume: 329   Issue: 5988   Pages: 128-129

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Genomic Analysis of Organismal Complexity in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri. Prochnik SE, Umen J, Nedelcu AM, et al. SCIENCE   Volume: 329 Issue: 5988   Pages: 223-22

-This week in Science

-Science News of the week

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June

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Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis. Drescher K, Goldstein RE, Tuval I. PNAS. Volume: 107   Issue: 25   Pages: 11171-11176

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International Chlamydomonas Conference 2010

see Chlamydomonas 2010 Abstracts

May

bullet Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Gonium maiaprilis sp nov (Goniaceae, Chlorophyta) from Japan. Hayama M, Nakada T, Hamaji T, et al. PHYCOLOGIA   Volume: 49   Issue: 3   Pages: 221-234

April

bullet Evolution of an Expanded Sex-Determining Locus in Volvox. Ferris P, Olson BJSC, De Hoff PL, et al. SCIENCE   vol 328   Issue: 5976   Pages: 351-354
bullet EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS IN VOLVOX (CHLOROPHYTA). Herron MD, Desnitskiy AG, Michod RE. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 46   Issue: 2   Pages: 316-324

March

bullet The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA. Smith DR, Lee RW. BMC GENOMICS   Volume: 10 Article Number: 132

February

bullet Life and light - The male gene. Hisayoshi Nozaki

January

bullet The creation of form in multicellular organisms
as seen through the volvox
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Ichiro Nishii, Biohistory Jyournal, Winter, 2003

December

bullet IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINUS MATING-TYPE SPECIFIC GENE MTD1 FROM GONIUM PECTORALE (VOLVOCALES, CHLOROPHYTA) Hamaji T, Ferris PJ, Nishii I, et al. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 45   Issue: 6   Pages: 1310-1314
bullet Environmentally induced responses co-opted for reproductive altruism. Nedelcu AM. BIOLOGY LETTERS   Volume: 5   Issue: 6   Pages: 805-808

October

bullet Functional analysis of the Volvox carteri asymmetric division protein GlsA.  Pappas V, Miller SM. MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT   Volume: 126   Issue: 10   Pages: 842-851  

September

bullet Channelrhodopsins of Volvox carteri Are Photochromic Proteins That Are Specifically Expressed in Somatic Cells under Control of Light, Temperature, and the Sex Inducer. Kianianmomeni A, Stehfest K, Nematollahi G, et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   151:1   Pages: 347-366

July

bullet Stable nuclear transformation of Gonium pectorale
Lerche K, Hallmann A. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY  9: 64
bullet Volvox (Chlorophyta, Volvocales) as a model organism in developmental biology. Ontogenez. Desnitskiy A.G. (2009) Vol. 40. No 4. pp. 238-241
bullet Key elements of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pathway in Volvox carteri.  Hallmann A. Commun. Integr. Biol. 2 (in press).
bullet Stable nuclear transformation of Gonium pectorale. Lerche, K. & Hallmann, A. BMC Biotechnol. 9, 64.

June

bulletA Volvox inversionless mutant highlights the importance of the extracellular matrix in morphogenesis. Eckardt NA. Plant Cell 21:1029.
bulletControlled enlargement of the glycoprotein vesicle surrounding a Volvox embryo requires the InvB nucleotide-sugar transporter and is required for normal morphogenesis. Ueki N & Nishii I. Plant Cell 21: 1166-1181.

May

bullet Many from one: lessons from the volvocine algae on the evolution of multicellularity. Matt Herron. Communicative & Integrative Biology.

April

bulletDancing Volvox: Hydrodynamic Bound States of Swimming Algae. Drescher K, Leptos KC, Tuval I, Ishikawa T, Pedley TJ, Goldstein RE. Phys.Rev.Let. vol 102:16; DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.168101

- Volvox made the Cover of Physical Review Letters

- also read the ScienceNow article: Pond Scum to Pond Scum: "Shall We Dance?" and see Volvox dance

March

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The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA.  Smith DR and Lee RW. BMC Genomics 10:132

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Triassic origin and early radiation of multicellular volvocine algae. Herron MD, Hackett JD, Aylward FO, Michod RE. PNAS 106: 3254-3258

January

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A nice report on last summer's Chlamydomonas Meeting

December

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Idaten is a new cold-inducible transposon of Volvox carteri that can be used for tagging developmentally important genes. Ueki N and Nishii I. Genetics 180:1343-1353

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A new male-specific gene "OTOKOGI" in Pleodorina starrii (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) unveils the origin of male and female. Nozaki H.  Biologia. 63: 772-777.

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Zygote germination in Pleodorina starrii (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Nozaki H.  Biologia. 63: 778-780.

November

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Volvox barberi, the fastest swimmer of the Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Solari CA, Michod RE, Goldstein RE. J Phycology 44, 1395-1398

September

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A gender-specific retinoblastoma-related protein in Volvox carteri implies a role for the retinoblastoma protein family in sexual development. Arash Kianianmomeni, Ghazaleh Nematollahi, and Armin Hallmann. The Plant Cell, Vol. 20: 2399–2419

August

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A taxonomic study of Eudorina unicocca (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) and related species, based on morphology and molecular phylogeny
Yamada TK, Miyaji K, Nozaki H
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 43   Issue: 3   Pages: 317-326   

July

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Molecular systematics of Volvocales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on exhaustive 18S rRNA phylogenetic analyses
Nakada T, Misawa K, Nozaki H
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION   Volume: 48   Issue: 1   Pages: 281-291

June

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Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri
Zhang F, Prigge M, Beyriere F, et al.
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE   Volume: 11   Issue: 6   Pages:
631-633

May

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13th International Chlamydomonas Conference - see Abstracts submitted

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Resolving the first steps to multicellularity
Sachs JL. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION   Volume: 23   Issue: 5   Pages: 245-248

March

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On the problem of ecological evolution in Volvox
Desnitskiy AG. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   Volume: 39   Issue: 2   Pages: 122-124

February

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Evolution of complexity in the volvocine algae: Transitions in individuality through Darwin's eye. Herron MD, Michod RE.  EVOLUTION   Volume: 62   Issue: 2   Pages: 436-451

bullet VCRPs, small cysteine-rich proteins, might be involved in extracellular signaling in the green alga Volvox. Hallmann, A. Plant Signal. Behav. 3, 124‑127.

January

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Vectorette PCR-primed transposon display using the Jordan transposon in Volvox carteri: An efficient tool that analyzes more than 300 Jordan-Derived PCR fragments to retrieve tagged genes
Ishida K. PROTIST   Volume: 159   Issue: 1   Pages: 5-19   

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Identification of the minus-dominance gene ortholog in the mating-type locus of Gonium pectorale
Hamaji T, Ferris PJ, Coleman AW, et al. GENETICS   Volume: 178   Issue: 1   Pages: 283-294

 

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Last updated: August 04, 2010.