Differential alcian blue staining in freshwater Rhodophyta
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- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Phycological Journal
- Vol. 25 (3) , 281-285
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071619000650281
Abstract
Thirty-one species of multicellular, freshwater red algae exhibited a localized reaction to alcian blue, particularly in mucilaginous layers, rhizoids, nodes, spores and spermatia. The effect of MgCl2 on staining was taxon specific; this may be of value for phylogenetic considerations. Alcian blue was also useful for morphometric analysis of large, complex carposporophytes.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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