Handbook of Phycological Methods: Developmental and Cytological Methods
by Edited by Elisabeth GanttFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-03-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The contributors include some of the most eminent specialists in the field of phycology. This volume focuses on cytological and developmental methods, each method already has been applied successfully to algae, and practical examples are given.
Table of Contents
| Editor's preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Experimental Algal Systems and Techniques | |
| Control of morphogenesis in Micrasterias | |
| Control of development in Scenedesmus | |
| Mating induction in Oedogonium | |
| Gamete induction and flagellar adhesion in Chlamydomonas reinhardi | |
| Acetabularia: techniques for study of nucleo-cytoplasmic interrelationships | |
| Gamete release, fertilization, and embryogenesis in the Fucales | |
| Hybridization and genetics of brown algae | |
| Development in red algae: elongation and cell fusion | |
| Production and selection of mutants in blue-green algae | |
| Euglena: mutations, chloroplast 'bleaching', and differentiation | |
| Crpthecodinium: sexual reproduction and mutagenesis | |
| Protoplast and spheroplast production | |
| Cytoplasts from coenocyic algal cells | |
| Cytoplasmic streaming and membrane phenomena in cells of Characeae | |
| Microbeam irradiation in Mougeotia | |
| Phototropism: determination of an action spectrum in a tip-growing cell | |
| Chromatic adaption in Fremyella diplosiphon and morphogenetic changes | |
| How to detect the presence of a circadian rhythm | |
| Light and Electron Microscopy: Preparative Methods | |
| Photomicrography and special microscopic techniques | |
| Polarized light, interference, and differential interference (Nomarski) optics | |
| Preparation of algae for light microscopy Margaret | |
| Fixation, embedding, sectioning, and staining of algae for electron microscopy Bernhard | |
| Cytochemical localization | |
| Quantitative cytochemical measurement of DNA in Eudorina (Chlorophyceae) | |
| Autoradiography for light and electron microscopy | |
| Immunochemistry: labeled antibodies | |
| Freeze-fracture and freeze-etch techniques | |
| Preparation of algae for scanning electron microscopy | |
| Replica production and negative staining | |
| Preparation of shadow-cast whole mounts | |
| Stereology: quantitative electron microscopic analysis | |
| Appendixes | |
| Culture collections | |
| List of suppliers | |
| Indexes | |
| Subject | |
| Author | |
| Taxonomic | |
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