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UNICELLULAR ALGAE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Origin of Life and Speciation
  • Paleontology
CONT

Some unicellular organisms, such as the multinucleated slime mold Physarum polycephalum and certain algae (e.g. the giant Acetabularia), are larger than the optimum size of from 30 to 50mm.

CONT

The Proterozoic radiation of single-celled algae and protozoa might suggest that evolution of the eukaryotic cell was a limiting factor, but such a notion is put to rest by the discovery of eukaryotic fossils in sediments much older than those in Spitsbergen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Origine de la vie et des espèces en général
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Il y a 500 millions d'année les eaux abondaient de vie, tandis qu'autour d'elles se dressait un paysage rocheux (...) inanimé avec seulement par endroit une fine poudre d'algues unicellulaires

OBS

Les Algues comprennent des organismes unicellulaires ainsi qu'une grande variété de pluricellulaires.

Spanish

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