Volvox - Wikipedia
WEBVolvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae. Volvox species form spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells, and for this reason they are sometimes called globe algae. They live in a variety of freshwater habitats, and were first reported by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1700.
Volvox | Freshwater, Colonial & Ciliate | Britannica
WEBVolvox, genus of some 20 species of freshwater green algae (division Chlorophyta) found worldwide. Volvox form spherical or oval hollow colonies that contain some 500 to 60,000 cells embedded in a gelatinous wall and that are often just visible with the naked eye.
Volvox: Structure & Characteristics with Labeled Diagram
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Volvox, commonly known as green algae, is a group of freshwater free-floating organisms, divided into about twenty species. They are primitive, multi-celled organisms belonging to the plant kingdom, forming a direct link between the lower single-celled organisms, and the higher complex organisms.
Volvox: Classification, Characteristics with Diagram, Life Cycle and ...
WEBVolvox is a genus of green algae containing around 20 species of freshwater algae. Thousands of cells together form colonies. There are around 500 to 60,000 cells in each colony of volvox. Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe them in 1700. Volvox is widely studied to understand the process of morphogenesis.
Volvox and volvocine green algae - PMC - National Center for ...
WEBJul 1, 2020 · Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of multicellular freshwater green algae (Chlorophyta) that belong to a larger taxonomic grouping within the Order Chlamydomonadales known as volvocine algae [1].
Volvox, Chlamydomonas, and the Evolution of Multicellularity
WEBVolvox is a spherical alga with about 2,000 cells and two cell types, into which the swimming and reproductive functions of the Chlamydomonas unicell have been segregated.
Origins of multicellular complexity: Volvox and the volvocine algae
WEBVolvox and related algae have become an important model system for the major transition from unicellular to multicellular life, which touches on several fundamental questions in evolutionary biology.
Volvox: a simple algal model for embryogenesis, morphogenesis …
WEBNov 1, 2016 · Here we explore development in the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri (Volvox) whose appeal for developmental biology studies is manifold. Volvox has a small and streamlined body plan that is composed of only a few thousand cells and two distinct cell types—germ and somatic (Fig. 1).
Volvox: Current Biology - Cell Press
WEBAug 10, 2004 · Volvox is a spherical multicellular green alga, which contains many small biflagellate somatic cells and a few large, non-motile reproductive cells called gonidia, and swims with a characteristic rolling motion.
Volvox – The emerald green algae of the micro world - Rs' …
WEBVolvox is a genus of green algae. Volvoxes are free-floating single-cellular algae but typically stay together as spherical colonies (or balls) of 500-50,000 cells. They can live in a variety of freshwater habitats, including ponds, pools, and ditches.