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18: Red and Green Algae

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Learning Objectives

Content Objectives

  • Understand how differences in life history traits between red and green algae can be explained by differences in ecology
  • Relate selection pressures to adaptations within each group
  • Learn the life cycles of Polysiphonia and Spirogyra

Skill Objectives

  • Use life history traits to differentiate between red and green algae
  • Identify important structures in the Polysiphonia and Spirogyra life cycles. Know the function and ploidy of these structures.

Contributors and Attributions


This page titled 18: Red and Green Algae is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Maria Morrow (ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative) .

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