Volvox barberi are multicellular green algae that form colonies of 10,000 to 50,000 cells. In an abstract presented at the March 2018 meeting of the American Physical Society by Ravi Balasubramanian, ...

Colonies of the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri exposed to temperatures of 111 degrees Fahrenheit (42.5 degrees Celsius) had twice the amount of free radicals, oxidants that can damage ...

Ancestors of Volvox algae made the transition from being a single-celled organism to becoming a multicellular colony at least 200 million years ago, during the Triassic Period.

Ancestors of the alga Volvox made the transition from the solitary life of a single-celled organism to that of a multicellular colony much earlier than previously thought, according to new ...

image: The beating flagella of a Volvox colony creates a flow of water around it, visible here through the use of miniscule, illuminated plastic beads. view more . Credit: University of Arizona.

Algae colonies, such as the Volvox one shown here, are propelled through water by the coordinated movements of their whip-like flagella. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...

OOSPORES OF “VoLVOX MINOR.”—Dr. Kirchner, in the recent part of Cohn's “Beiträge zur Biologic der Pflanzen,” describes the germination of the oospores, and in this supplements the ...

Volvox Dancing the "Minuet" and the "Waltz" Single-celled algae colonies cross-fertilize in two different types of movement. 3play_processed Around the Web Science. Science.