Heimann, Kirsten, Andersen, Robert A., and Wetherbee, Richard (1995) The flagellar development cycle of the uniflagellate Pelagomonas calceolata (Pelagophyceae). Journal of Phycology, 31. pp. 577-583.

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Abstract

Vegetative cells of Pelagomonas calceolata Andersen & Saunders were confirmed to possess a reduced flagellar apparatus, consisting of a single basal body/flagellum that is not accompanied by either flagellar roots or a barren basal body. Just prior to division, the parental flagellum retracts (or is abscised) as two new basal bodies/flagella arise de novo. During cytokinesis the parental basal body segregates with a new basal body/flagellum, briefly producing a progeny cell typical of other known uniflagellates (i.e. containing a basal body/flagellum and accompanying barren basal body). The parental basal body then disintegrates or ''transforms'' out of existence, leaving both progeny cells with a single basal body/flagellum (i, e, neither progeny cell possesses any vestige of a mature flagellum/basal body). Pelagomonas calceolata belongs to a lineage of chromophyte algae characterized by having a reduced flagellar apparatus, but it is the only known species, not only in this lineage but among all eukaryotes, to have undergone the complete elimination of the mature flagellum/basal body.

Item ID:	1937
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1529-8817
Keywords:	basal bodies, chromophyte, flagellar apparatus, flagellar development, flagellar transformation, Pelagomonas calceolata, Pelagophyceae
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2008
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology @ 0%
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