Lessons from the Pond: Clues from Green Algae on the Origin of Males and Females (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Lessons from the Pond: Clues from Green Algae on the Origin of Males and Females (2 of 2)

Caption

The image shows a vegetative female colony. Volvox carteri forms spherical colonies, which are composed of 2,000 to 4,000 individual cells embedded in an extracellular matrix. During non-sexual reproduction, so-called gonidia in both male and female (pictured) colonies produce juvenile colonies through repeated division.

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Courtesy of the Umen laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Research

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