Montagnes, David JS and Lowe, Chris D and Roberts, Emily C and Breckels, Mark N and Boakes, Dan E and Davidson, Keith and Keeling, Patrick J and Slamovits, Claudio H and Steinke, Michael and Yang, Zhou and Watts, Phillip C (2011) An introduction to the special issue: Oxyrrhis marina, a model organism? Journal of Plankton Research, 33 (4). pp. 549-554. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq121
Montagnes, David JS and Lowe, Chris D and Roberts, Emily C and Breckels, Mark N and Boakes, Dan E and Davidson, Keith and Keeling, Patrick J and Slamovits, Claudio H and Steinke, Michael and Yang, Zhou and Watts, Phillip C (2011) An introduction to the special issue: Oxyrrhis marina, a model organism? Journal of Plankton Research, 33 (4). pp. 549-554. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq121
Montagnes, David JS and Lowe, Chris D and Roberts, Emily C and Breckels, Mark N and Boakes, Dan E and Davidson, Keith and Keeling, Patrick J and Slamovits, Claudio H and Steinke, Michael and Yang, Zhou and Watts, Phillip C (2011) An introduction to the special issue: Oxyrrhis marina, a model organism? Journal of Plankton Research, 33 (4). pp. 549-554. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq121
Abstract
Many “model” protists are maintained in culture and used, experimentally, to answer questions associated with planktonic processes. Given the current interest and rapidly increasing amount of literature on the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina, we present in this special issue a series of focused, interlinked research articles. Being written by experts in their respective fields, the authors have included unpublished data and in all cases have offered a synthesis of data and ideas. Furthermore, we have encouraged cross-paper discourse, emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of our work and the utility of O. marina to this end; we also offer guidance, both practical and intellectual, on how future research related to O. marina might progress. In this introduction, however, we raise the wider issue of which criteria are required to consider a taxon as a “model species”. We then assess the extent to which O. marina can fill this role. In general, we recognize O. marina as a model in three distinct disciplines: ecology, evolution/genomics and biogeography. Of possibly greater importance, we recognize that if O. marina continues to be studied at an escalating rate, there will be a concomitant increase in realized and potential synergies across these fields.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Oxyrrhis marina; review; dinoflagellate; experimental design |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2011 07:16 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 16:13 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/976 |
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