Reprint

Dinoflagellate Biology

Using Molecular Approaches to Unlock Their Ecology and Evolution

Edited by
January 2023
150 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-6198-1 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-6197-4 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Dinoflagellate Biology: Using Molecular Approaches to Unlock Their Ecology and Evolution that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Summary

Dinoflagellates are an important group of aquatic microbial eukaryotes, showing great diversity in life histories, ecological niches, morphology, and pigment composition. They include species with photosynthetic, heterotrophic, symbiotic, mixotrophic, and parasitic lifestyles, and encompass coral symbionts, harmful algal bloom forming species, and important fish parasites. They are present in fossil records that date back several hundred million years. Dinoflagellates include the majority of species that produce marine biotoxins, impacting aquaculture. In recent years, molecular approaches have been applied to understand dinoflagellate biology, including techniques for studying dinoflagellate ecology, physiology, basic genetics, and evolution. This Special Issue, edited by Professor Shauna Murray, is dedicated to the application and development of molecular approaches for enhancing our understanding of dinoflagellate biology.

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  • Hardback
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Keywords
nanoplastics; dinoflagellate; coral reef; Symbiodinium; Cladocopium; gene expression; Prorocentrum minimum; harmful algae; next-generation sequencing; cDNA library; coral reefs; Hemerythrin-like protein; RACK1; spliced leader; Symbiodinium; yeast two-hybrid; bioluminescence; dinoflagellate; Pyrodinium bahamense; harmful algal blooms; saxitoxin; sxtA4; RNA-seq; scleractinian coral; Symbiodiniaceae; endosymbiosis; dinoflagellate; PKS; phosphopantetheinyl transferase; toxin; BpsA; indigoidine; natural product; dinoflagellate; knockdown; morpholino; translation; dinoflagellates; metagenomics; next-generation sequencing; monitoring; dinoflagellates; genome; Cladocopium goreaui; phylogenomics; horizontal gene transfer; n/a