Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-1711
Phylum		Chlorophyta
Class		Chlorophyceae
Scientific name		Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Green alga
Locality (Date of collection)		Kin, Okinawa, Japan (2000-03-**)
Latitude / Longitude
Habitat (Isolation source)		Freshwater (Paddy soil)
History		< Nozaki, Hisayoshi
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Nozaki, Hisayoshi; Kaneko, Daisuke (2001-10-**)
Identified by		Nozaki, Hisayoshi
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: AF-6 Temperature: 25 C Light intensity: 13-16 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information		rbcL ( AB246190 ) , mat3 ( AB771929 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Colonial; Flagellate
Characteristics		Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-1710 ; F3 strain (NIES-2863)
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : Kaneko4
Remarks		Cryopreserved
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Reference
Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398. Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae Strain(s): 289, 418, 456, 458, 460, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782 PubMed: 29134623 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394 Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10. Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism Strain(s): 289, 418, 421, 456, 458, 460, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782 PubMed: 30125231 DOI: 10.1086/698301 Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318. Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae Strain(s): 289, 421, 456, 458, 460, 474, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 872, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 1038, 1122, 1140, 1148, 1156, 1157, 1362, 1708, 1711, 1713, 1859, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782, 3986, 4145, 4258, 4259, 4260 Hamaji, T., Ferris, J. P., Nishii, I., Nishimura, Y., Nozaki, H. 2013 Distribution of the sex-determining geneMID and molecular correspondence of mating types within the isogamous genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). PLoS One, 8, e64385 (article ID). Strain(s): 652, 653, 654, 655, 851, 852, 1038, 1039, 1708, 1710, 1711, 2455, 2457 PubMed: 23696888 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064385 Hiraide, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T ., Matsuzaki, R., Kawafune, K., Abe, J., Sekimoto, H., Umen, J., Nozaki, H. 2013 The evolution of male–female sexual dimorphism predates the gender-based divergence of the mating locus gene MAT3/RB. Mol. Biol. Evol., 30, 1038-1040. Keywords: gender-based divergence; gene conversion; male–female sexual dimorphism; MAT3/RB, mating type locus; volvocine algae Strain(s): 722, 733, 866, 1710, 1711, 1859, 1861, 3985, 4018 PubMed: 23364323 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst018 Mogi, Y., Hamaji, T., Suzuki, M., Ferris, P., Mori, T., Kabeya, Y., Miyagishima, S., Nozaki, H. 2012 Evidence for tubular mating structures induced in each mating type of heterothallic Gonium pectorale (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 48, 670-674. Keywords: bilateral mating papilla; Chlorophyta; Gonium pectorale; isogamete; mating type; sexual reproduction; tubular mating structure; Volvocales Strain(s): 1710, 1711 PubMed: 27011083 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01149.x Hamaji, T., Ferris, P. J., Coleman, A.W., Waffenschmidt, S., Takahashi, F., Nishii, I., Nozaki, H. 2008 Identification of the minus-dominance gene ortholog in the mating-type locus of Gonium pectorale. Genetics, 178, 283-294. Strain(s): 1710, 1711 PubMed: 18202374 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.078618 Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147. Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales Strain(s): 289, 569, 572, 653, 654, 851, 857, 1038, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1711, 1713

Reference

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398.
Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289, 418, 456, 458, 460, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782
PubMed: 29134623
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10.
Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism
Strain(s): 289, 418, 421, 456, 458, 460, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782
PubMed: 30125231
DOI: 10.1086/698301

Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318.
Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289, 421, 456, 458, 460, 474, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 872, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 1038, 1122, 1140, 1148, 1156, 1157, 1362, 1708, 1711, 1713, 1859, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782, 3986, 4145, 4258, 4259, 4260

Hamaji, T., Ferris, J. P., Nishii, I., Nishimura, Y., Nozaki, H. 2013 Distribution of the sex-determining geneMID and molecular correspondence of mating types within the isogamous genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). PLoS One, 8, e64385 (article ID).
Strain(s): 652, 653, 654, 655, 851, 852, 1038, 1039, 1708, 1710, 1711, 2455, 2457
PubMed: 23696888
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064385

Hiraide, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T ., Matsuzaki, R., Kawafune, K., Abe, J., Sekimoto, H., Umen, J., Nozaki, H. 2013 The evolution of male–female sexual dimorphism predates the gender-based divergence of the mating locus gene MAT3/RB. Mol. Biol. Evol., 30, 1038-1040.
Keywords: gender-based divergence; gene conversion; male–female sexual dimorphism; MAT3/RB, mating type locus; volvocine algae
Strain(s): 722, 733, 866, 1710, 1711, 1859, 1861, 3985, 4018
PubMed: 23364323
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst018

Mogi, Y., Hamaji, T., Suzuki, M., Ferris, P., Mori, T., Kabeya, Y., Miyagishima, S., Nozaki, H. 2012 Evidence for tubular mating structures induced in each mating type of heterothallic Gonium pectorale (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 48, 670-674.
Keywords: bilateral mating papilla; Chlorophyta; Gonium pectorale; isogamete; mating type; sexual reproduction; tubular mating structure; Volvocales
Strain(s): 1710, 1711
PubMed: 27011083
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01149.x

Hamaji, T., Ferris, P. J., Coleman, A.W., Waffenschmidt, S., Takahashi, F., Nishii, I., Nozaki, H. 2008 Identification of the minus-dominance gene ortholog in the mating-type locus of Gonium pectorale. Genetics, 178, 283-294.
Strain(s): 1710, 1711
PubMed: 18202374
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.078618

Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147.
Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales
Strain(s): 289, 569, 572, 653, 654, 851, 857, 1038, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1711, 1713

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