This volume covers the modern biology and the speciation of the red algae
(Rhodophyta) from unicellular Cyanidia up to macrocellular sea weeds. A team of
peer reviewers has reviewed all chapters. The chapters describe a range of
topics from cave algae from Atacama, Chile, to genomes of red algae. Some
chapters deal with the carbohydrates, physiological mechanisms, and
realtionship between red algae and neurodegenerative disease. Other chapters
deal with organellar - nuclear genes and taxonomic revision. Emphasis is placed
upon the rhodophytan chloroplast, its origin, evolution, division machinery and
pigmentation. The reader will find in this book lots of new information on the
red algae.
