Characteristics of mitosis in the gametophyte cells of the marine green alga Monostroma angicava.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some marine algae exhibit several characteristics of mitosis (e.g., the timing of mitosis such as diurnal periodicity) that are unique from those of land plants. Not only the timing but also other characteristics of mitosis, including the process itself and the number of chromosomes involved, are largely unknown in ulvophycean marine green algae. Effective mitotic inhibitors are useful for observing mitosis and identifying the number of chromosomes. However, few such inhibitors are available for ulvophycean algae. Here, we examined the timing and process of mitosis and the number of chromosomes with several mitotic inhibitors in the haploid gametophyte cells of the Ulvophyceae alga Monostroma angicava.

Results

Mitosis did not occur during the light period but bega

SUBMITTER: Horinouchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586733 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature