Summary
Recent evidence has shown that algal cells acquire different flagella and a heterogeneous basal apparatus through the prolonged development of these structures over more than one cell cycle. A system for numbering algal flagella and basal bodies, which is based on developmental studies, is discussed along with the various means by which the flagellar/basal body developmental cycle can be determined. We review the information now available on development of the separate components of the flagellar apparatus-this comes particulary from the Chlorophyta and the Chromophyta-and attempt to elucidate any information which may help in phylogenetic comparisons. New data is provided on developmental changes in the cartwheel part of the basal body and basal body-associated connecting fibrils in green algae.
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Abbreviations
- Bb:
-
basal body
- d:
-
right (dexter) root
- df:
-
right fibrils connecting Bb triplets to microtubular and/or fibrous roots
- EM:
-
electron microscopy
- F:
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flagellum
- IMF:
-
immunofluorescence microscopy
- LM:
-
light microscopy
- NBBC:
-
nucleus-basal body connector
- s:
-
left (sinister) root
- sf:
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3left fibrils connecting Bb triplets to microtubular and/or fibrous roots. See Nomenclature section of Introduction for the numbering of basal bodies and their flagella; the same numbers apply to Bb-associated d and s roots, and df and sf fibrils
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Beech, P.L., Heimann, K. & Melkonian, M. Development of the flagellar apparatus during the cell cycle in unicellular algae. Protoplasma 164, 23–37 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320812
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