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Classification
20+classesofgreenalgaehavebeendescribed sinceLinnaeus i Li Manycriteriahavebeenusedtoestablishclasses
Morphology h l Ultrastructure
+ mitosis cell division cytokinesis flagellar apparatus +mitosis,celldivision,cytokinesis,flagellarapparatus
Lifehistorypatterns Molecular
PrimarilyrRNAgenes,rbcL
Ambiguityremains,butconsensusisemerging
Classification:MorphologicalConcept
Prschold& &Leliaert.2007.
Parenchymatous Siphonocladous
PhotosbyHuangSufang.
Evolutionofstructuralcomplexity p y Premise
Primitiveunicellsevolvedstructuralcomplexityovertime M h l i l di Morphologicaldivergencedistinguishesgroups di ti ih
ProblemswithMorphologicalConcept
Selectiveenvironmentalpressuremaydriveconvergence
Biologically/genetically distinct species appear similar Biologically/geneticallydistinctspeciesappearsimilar
Charophyceae
Chlorophyceae Ulvophyceae
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Fig.16.18Grahametal.2008.
MorphologicalConvergencew/inClass
Chlorophyta:MorphologicalConvergence
Howcangreen algaebeclassifiedif theyexhibitboth divergentand convergent patternsof morphology?
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UltrastructuralConcept
Mattox&Stewart(1984)proposednewClass leveltaxonomyonthebasisofbasalbody l l h b i fb lb d orientation
1st radiation of green algae occurred among radiationofgreenalgaeoccurredamong unicellularflagellates Numerousancientflagellatelineagesdiversifiedinto contemporaryformsalongdifferentevolutionary paths,butmanywithsimilarmorphologicalresults
BasalBodyOrientations
Ancestralcondition
Chlorophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Charophyceae, DrierGreenAlgae
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CHOROPHYTA STREPTOPHYTA
MolecularConcept
Elucidationofgreenalgalphylogenyinmolecular contextcommencedinearly1990s di l 1990 Earlystudies
confirmeddistinctionbetweenChlorophyta& f dd b hl h Streptophytaalreadysuggestedbycellularand ultrastructuralcharacterselucidatedfromEM recognized5lineages:
Prasinophyceae,Chlorophyceae,Trebouxiophyceae, Ulvophyceae,Streptophyta+Landplants Ulvophyceae Streptophyta + Land plants
MolecularConcept
(McCourt&Lewis2004,WorkingClassification) (McCourt&Lewis2004, Working Classification) (McCourt & Lewis 2004,WorkingClassification)
moleculardatasupporttherecognitionoftwophylaandapoorlyresolvegradedofearly divergingflagellatesinformallyknownasPrasinophyceans
Viridoplantaeor rChlorobionta
Chlorophyta
Streptophyta
(Charophyceae+ (Charophyceae + DrierGreenAlgae)
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SSUrDNAMolecularConcept
(Prschold&Leliaert2007)
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ClassUlvophyceae
Mostmacroscopicmarinegreenalgaebelongto ClassUlvophyceae Cl Ul h Ulvophyceaeiscircumscribedonthebasisofa suiteofpleisiomorphiccharacters it f l i i hi h t
Closedmitosis,persistentspindle,furrowing,CCW, flagellatecellswithscales flagellate cells with scales
ClassUlvophyceae
Generally,5(or6)orders aredistinguished are distinguished
flagellarapparatus zoosporangial&gametangial structures lifehistory
McCourt&Lewis.2004.
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Sub Subordinalclassification
Genericandspecieslevelclassificationis frequentlybasedonmorphologywhichcanbe f l b d h l hi h b problematic
Phenotypic plasticity Phenotypicplasticity Morphologicalconvergence
Integrated approaches are required to resolve Integratedapproachesarerequiredtoresolve theseproblems DNA sequencing (and distance clustering) is a DNAsequencing(anddistanceclustering)isa startthatcanleadtotherecognitionofnovel morphological,physiologicalorbiologicalfeatures
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