Increase in function during growth of a single cell organelle.
The gradient diver method has been adapted to measure photosynthesis during the early development of a single zygote of the multicellular green alga Ulva mutabilis Føyn. The cells have only one chloroplast, and the results indicate that during growth of the chloroplast the rate of O(2)-production increases linearly in the early part of the cell cycle but remains constant or decreases at the end of the cycle.
D002455:Cell Division; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000166:cytology*; D002736:Chloroplasts; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008722:Methods; D010100:Oxygen; D010788:Photosynthesis; D013997:Time Factors
D010100:Oxygen