Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions

  • Joseph Seckbach
  • Alvaro Israel
Chapter
Part of the Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology book series (COLE, volume 13)

Abstract

This volume is devoted to the red algae (Rhodophyta) in the genomic age. There has been a demand, with the advance in the biotechnological methods and genomic sequences, for compiling current studies of the rhodophytes. The fundamental books on red algal biology were spaced out with 17 years between each: first Kylin in 1956, then Dixon in 1973, Cole and Sheath in 1990, and now this current book (2007/09), 17–19 years later. Again, it seems like a life cycle of approximately 17 years: just an interesting observation.

Keywords

Organellar Genome Biotechnological Method Secondary Endosymbiosis Cyanidioschyzon Merolae Molecular Clock Analysis 
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References

  1. Cole, K.M. and Sheath R.G. (eds.) (1990) Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 516.Google Scholar
  2. Dixon, P.S. (1973) Biology of the Rhodophytes. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, pp. 258.Google Scholar
  3. Kylin, H. (1956) Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. Gleerups, Lund, Sweden. pp. 669.Google Scholar
  4. Seckbach, J. (ed.) (1994) Evolutionary Pathways and Enigmatic Algae: Cyanidium caldarium ­(Rhodophyta) and Related Cells. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 349.Google Scholar

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Joseph Seckbach
    • 1
  • Alvaro Israel
    • 2
  1. 1.Hebrew University of JerusalemEfratIsrael
  2. 2.Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Ltd.The National Institute of OceanographyHaifaIsrael

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