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Phycology Chapter 21
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Undergraduate 4
03/14/2010

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Cellulose
Definition
polysaccharide composed of Β-1,4 linked glucose molecules that forms the main skeletal framework of most algal cells
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Fucoidin
Definition
polysaccharide in the cell wall and mucilage of the brown algae composed of sulfated fucose units
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Eyespot(stigma)
Definition
red to orange area in a cell, composed of lipid droplets
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Laminarin
Definition
food storage polysaccharide in a brown algae compsed principally of Β-1,3 linked glucose residue
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D-mannitol
Definition
sugar alcohol, C6H14O6; primary product of photosynthesis in the brown algae
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Phycophaein
Definition
black oxidized phaeophycean tannins
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Plethysmothallus
Definition
a stage composed of filaments or compacted filaments that can multiply itself by spores
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Diffuse
Definition
type of growth where most of the cells in a thallus are capable of division
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Apical
Definition
growth by means of an apical cell dividing to form the thallus beneath it
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Trichothallic
Definition
term describing intercalary meristem producing a hair in one direction and the thallus in the other direction
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Promeristem
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non-dividing apical cell controlling the division of a number of smaller promeristematic cells beneath it
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Intercalary
Definition
in between two cells or tissues
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Meristoderm
Definition
dividing layer of cells in the brown algae
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Sirenine
Definition
a sexual attractant in Ectocarpus (brown algae)
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Pheromone
Definition
compound that functions as a sexual attractant or acts as a trigger for reproductive behavior
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Propagula
Definition
branchlets that fall off and form new plants in the Sphacelariales (brown algae)
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Pseudoparenchymatous (haplostichous)
Definition
densely packed filaments resembling parenchyma tissue
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polystichous
Definition
a type of parenchymatous growth in the brown algae
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Heterotrichous
Definition
term used to describe division of a plant into an erect and a prostrate part
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Trumpet hyphae
Definition
drawn-out sieve cells wider at the cross walls than in the middle of the cells (Laminariales)
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Sieve cells
Definition
cell in the medulla of the Laminariales (brown algae), involved in active transport of organic molecules
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Callose
Definition
polysaccharide associated with pores in sieve cells
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Conceptacles
Definition
cavity in the thallus where gametangia are produced
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Receptacles
Definition
swollen tip of thallus containing conceptacles in the Fucales (brown algae)
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Gas vesicles (air bladders)
Definition
hollow cylindrical gas-filled structures in cyanophyta
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Proboscis
Definition
microtubules in the anterior part of a sperm, probably associated with the chemotactic response
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Exochite
Definition
outer wall of an oogonium of the Fucales (Phaeophyceae)
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Mesochite
Definition
middle wall of an oogonium of the Fucales (brown algae)
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Endochite
Definition
inner wall of the oogonium in the Fucales (Phaeophyceae)
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Fucoserraten
Definition
a sex attractant secreted by the eggs of Fucus brown algae
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Glycocalyx
Definition
sticky polysaccharide secreted by the zygote in the Fucales (Phaeophyceae)
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Ecads
Definition
a form of a plant species produced in response to a particular habitat, the modifications not being inheritable
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