Reproduction in the green macroalga Codium (Chlorophyta): characterization of gametes

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Jeffrey S. Prince, Cynthia D. Trowbridge]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2004
Enthalten in:
Botanica Marina, 47/6(2004-12-01), 461-470
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a A general description is provided for male and female gametes, their gametangia, and thalli of five species of the siphonaceous green macroalga Codium from Atlantic and Pacific shores. Both types of gametes were biflagellate, the flagella arising from a cap at the tip of the colorless extension of the hyaline apex, which also contained the nucleus. Male gametes were small (mean diameter for five species, 2.5μm; length ranged from 5 to 10μm) and had few chloroplasts; female gametes were considerably larger (mean diameter 11μm; length ranged from 11 to 21μm) with many chloroplasts. Monthly collections of C. isthmocladum indicated that female seasonality was broader than male seasonality and that hermaphroditic thalli were frequent. Comparison of these reproductive traits with reports for the invasive Codium, C. fragile ssp. tomentosoides, collected from the northwestern Atlantic coast suggested that 1) in localized areas, two subspecies or varieties may coexist, and 2) no functional male gametes were produced by C. fragile populations from this coastline. We speculate that Tokyo and Sagami Bays on the Pacific shores of Honshu, Japan, might contain the source populations for the invasive ssp. tomentosoides. Furthermore, we suggest that the extended presence of mature female thalli coupled with the apparent absence of mature male thalli might cause the prevalence of parthenogenesis in this genus. 
540 |a ©2004 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York 
690 7 |a Hydrobiology  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Mycology, fungi  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Botany & plant sciences  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Codium  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a gametes  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a hermaphrodites  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a parthenogenesis  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a reproduction  |2 nationallicence 
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700 1 |a Trowbridge  |D Cynthia D.  |u Department of Zoology, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon 97365, USA  |4 aut 
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