Abstract
Professor MOP Iyengar, a preeminent expert on the green algae in the order Volvocales, and particularly those that are found on the Indian sub-continent (Iyengar and Desikachary 1981), first described this forma (subspecies) ofVolvox carteri (Iyengar 1933) and provided criteria for distinguishing the various formas ofV. carteri from one another.
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Kirk, M.M., Kirk, D.L. Exploring germ-soma differentiation inVolvox . J. Biosci. 29, 143–152 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02703412
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