Regeneration ofEnteromorpha
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- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in British Phycological Journal
- Vol. 11 (4), 309-313
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071617600650361
Abstract
Young plants of E. intestinalis have been grown in culture. Cutting off the thalli of attached plants just above the basal rhizoids leads to the regeneration of new branches. After a short time the point of wounding is indistinguishable. The process can be repeated many times; each regeneration resulting in a more branched thallus. Segments of unattached plants kept in culture may give rise to rhizoids from the basal cut ends and to papillae from the upper ends. They may also produce “bottle brush” forms similar to those found amongst ship-fouling algae. Such forms seem to arise when “swarmers” are retained in the parent cell and germinate in situ to give aggregations of juvenile plants. Their formation can be stimulated by a temperature shock.Keywords
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