How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga <it>Volvox</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The evolution of multicellular motile organisms from unicellular ancestors required the utilization of previously evolved tactic behavior in a multicellular context. Volvocine green algae are uniquely suited for studying tactic respo...

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Main Authors: Matsunaga Shigeru, Ueki Noriko, Inouye Isao, Hallmann Armin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/103