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Allometric diversity and plasticity of cellular morphologies of desmids (Desmidiales, Zygnematophyceae)
Mezník, Daniel Heliodor ; Neustupa, Jiří (advisor) ; Kleisner, Karel (referee)
If the proportions of two features of an organism change during its growth, their relationships can be described as allometry. The first partof this thesis quantifies the allometric relationship of semicellular perimeter and area of 11 species of unicellular microalgae from the genus Euastrum. These algae are recognized for their fractalmorphology, which is theorized to be an adaptation for increasing their surface area which is used to absorb nutrients.Thequestion was whether larger individuals within a population have a more complex shape and therefore a longer perimeter. I examined microphotographs of tens of semicells obtained from preserved wild populations. All included species exhibited a marked increase in shape complexity. The same trend could be noticed on and interspecific level. I compared these results to existing studies conducted on the related Micrasterias lineage. The second part of this thesis deals with allometric changes during semicells ontogeny in both Euastrum and Micrasterias. I analyzed growing clonal cultures using geometric morphometry. Specifically, I observed the relative position of 11 structurally homologous landmarks on semicells of different ages. This has been the first experiment of its kind on these model organisms. Idescribed theontogenetic change in landmark...
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Geometric morphometrics of diatom frustules.
Hubáčková, Kateřina ; Kulichová, Jana (advisor) ; Pichrtová, Martina (referee)
This bachelor thesis includes a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part, I focused problematic parts of research of diatoms biology. I will discuss morphology of specific silica scale and its morphogenesis; life cycle, characteristic by the size diminution in vegetative phasis, and conception of taxonomy of these organisms which is rather complicated because of unclear species concept. Another part presents tools of geometric morphometrics which is rapidly developing method for investigation and quantification of biological shape. In the practical part, I present the results from own research. This experiment is preliminary study for diploma thesis and its purpose is to appropriate tools of geometric morphometrics and to present advantages of its methods. I will investigate morphological disparity of three strains of pennate diatoms cultivated in standard conditions studied by landmark methos. The aim of this study is to discover if small cells which have gone trough the long phasis of vegetative multiplication and are close to the sexual reproduction have diferent degree of morphological variability than the bigger ones just undergone by sexual process.
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Geometric morphometrics of diatom frustules.
Hubáčková, Kateřina ; Kulichová, Jana (advisor) ; Pichrtová, Martina (referee)
This bachelor thesis includes a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part, I focused problematic parts of research of diatoms biology. I will discuss morphology of specific silica scale and its morphogenesis; life cycle, characteristic by the size diminution in vegetative phasis, and conception of taxonomy of these organisms which is rather complicated because of unclear species concept. Another part presents tools of geometric morphometrics which is rapidly developing method for investigation and quantification of biological shape. In the practical part, I present the results from own research. This experiment is preliminary study for diploma thesis and its purpose is to appropriate tools of geometric morphometrics and to present advantages of its methods. I will investigate morphological disparity of three strains of pennate diatoms cultivated in standard conditions studied by landmark methos. The aim of this study is to discover if small cells which have gone trough the long phasis of vegetative multiplication and are close to the sexual reproduction have diferent degree of morphological variability than the bigger ones just undergone by sexual process.
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