21. Algae and the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells

Concepts
Origin of Eukaryotic Cells

• DNA Structure
• Nuclear Structure
• Nuclear Division
• Organelles
• Origin of Eukaryotes: The Endosymbiont Theory
  • Origin of Plastids
  • Origin of Nuclei
  • Types of Cytokinesis
  • Origin of Flagella

Division Euglenophyta: Euglenoids
Division Pyrrhophyta: Dinoflagellates
Division Chrysophyta

• Class Bacillariophyceae: Diatoms
• Class Chrysophyceae: Golden Brown Algae
• Class Xanthophyceae: Yellow-green Algae

Division Chlorophyta: Green Algae

• Body Construction
  • Motile Colonies
  • Nonmotile Colonies
  • Filamentous Bodies
  • Membranous Bodies
  • Coenocytic Bodies
• Life Cycles
• Representative Genera of the Green Algae
  • Unicellular Species
  • Motile Colonial Species
  • Filamentous Species
  • Laminar Species
  • Coenocytic Species
  • Parenchymatous Species

Division Phaeophyta: Brown Algae
Division Rhodophyta: Red Algae