Project

Polarization and early development of zygotes in the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma (Phaeophyceae)

Code
3F013910
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • General biology
    • Plant biology
Keywords
embryogenesis polarization asymmetric division brown algae dictyotales zygotes patterning plasticity
 
Project description

For more than a century the oogamous fucoid brown algae serve as practical models for the research on embryogenesis in plants. Morphological observations in Dictyota dichotoma suggest that mere extrapolations of all findings to other oogamous brown algae is inappropriate. To obtain better insights in the validity of extrapolations from these research models, embryogenesis in Dictyota dichotoma will be investigated.