''Cochliopodium'' is a
Himatismenida genus.
It has been found in eyewash stations.
It includes:
* ''C. actinophorum''
(Auerbach 1856) Page 1976
* ?''C. ambiguum''
Penard 1904
* ''C. arabianum''
Tekle, Gorfu & Anderson 2015
* ''C. barki''
Kudryavtsev, Brown et Smirnov 2004
* ''C. bilimbosum''
(Auerbach 1856) Leidy 1879
* ''C. clarum''
Schaeffer 1926
* ?''C. crassiusculum''
Penard 1905
* ?''C. erinaceum''
Penard 1902
* ''C. gallicum''
Kudryavtsev & Smirnov 2006
* ''C. granulatum''
Penard 1890
* ''C. gulosum''
Schaeffer 1926
* ''C. kieliense''
Kudryavtsev 2006
* ''C. larifeili''
Kudriavtsev 1999
* ''C. maeoticum''
Kudryavtsev 2006
* ''C. megatetrastylus''
Anderson & Tekle 2013
* ''C. minus''
Page 1976
* ''C. minutoidum''
Kudryavtsev 2006
* ?''C. minutum''
West 1901
* ?''C. muscorum''
Wang 1977
* ?''C. obscurum''
Pen.
* ?''C. papyrum''
Bovee 1958
* ''C. pentatrifurcatum''
Tekle et al. 2013
* ''C. plurinucleolum''
Geisen et al. 2014
* ?''C. radiosum''
Biernacka 1963
* ?''C. silvaticum''
Varga 1935
* ''C. spiniferum''
Kudryavtsev 2004
* ?''C. spumosum''
Penard 1904
* ''C. vestitum''
(Archer 1871) Archer 1877
Recombination and Meiosis
The ''Cochliopodium''
genome
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding ...
includes genes whose functions are employed in the process of
genetic recombination
Genetic recombination (also known as genetic reshuffling) is the exchange of genetic material between different organisms which leads to production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ from those found in either parent. In eukary ...
suggesting the possibility of a sexual stage. The genome sequence of ''Cochliopodium minus'' contains a complete set of genes necessary for
meiosis
Meiosis (; , since it is a reductional division) is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, such as sperm or egg cells. It involves two rounds of division that ultimately ...
a key stage of
sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete ( haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote th ...
.
[Tekle YI, Wang F, Tran H, Hayes TD, Ryan JF. The draft genome of Cochliopodium minus reveals a complete meiosis toolkit and provides insight into the evolution of sexual mechanisms in Amoebozoa. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 14;12(1):9841. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14131-y. PMID: 35701521; PMCID: PMC9198077]
References
External links
*(taxonomy information)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2143254
Amoebozoa genera
Discosea