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A MONOECIOUS ISOLATE OF RHODOCHORTON PURPUREUM 1
Author(s) -
West John A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1970.tb02409.x
Subject(s) - plant reproductive morphology , biology , strain (injury) , botany , anatomy
SUMMARY Although most sexually reproducing strains of Rhodochorton purpureum are dioecious, an isolate from Chile is monoecious. The tetrasporophyte of the monoecious strain differentiates directly from the fertilized carpogonium as in the dioecious strains but it differs slightly in its development.