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This book presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring their unity, and their diversity. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst the flagellates are explored

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; The flagellates: historical perspectives; The flagellate condition; Mechanisms of flagellar propulsion; The flagellate cytoskeleton: introduction of a general terminology for microtubular flagellar roots in protists; Molecular aspects of the centrin-based cytoskeleton in flagellates; The cell surface of flagellates; Sensory mechanisms: phototaxes and light perception in algae; Trophic strategies; Amitochondriate flagellates; Adaptations to parasitism among flagellates; Flagellates and the microbial loop

Functional diversity of heterotrophic flagellates in aquatic ecosystemsGeographic distribution and diversity of free-living heterotrophic flagellates; Cosmopolitan haptophyte flagellates and their genetic links; Occurrence and loss of organelles; Flagellate phylogeny: an ultrastructural approach; Flagellate megaevolution: the basis for eukaryote diversification; Index; Systematics Association Publications