V - volvox 中文 - EN166

volvox n.【植物；植物學】團藻屬 (Volvox) 植物。

volvulus
An adult volvox consists of around 2 , 000 body cells , whose job is to move the organism around using their flagella , and 16 cells capable of reproducing 一個成年的團藻有大約2000個體細胞，它們的功能是控制自己的鞭毛來讓整個生物體運動起來，而另有16個細胞是有生殖能力的。
An adult volvox consists of around 2 , 000 body cells , whose job is to move the organism around using their flagella , and 16 cells capable of reproducing 一株成年團藻由大約2000個體細胞組成，它們用它們的鞭毛移動整個團藻，而16個細胞具有繁殖功能。
Clearly , volvox evolved from similar algae that exist only as single cells , but until now the genetics of the process have been obscure 毫無疑問團藻是由類似的只以單細胞形式存在的藻類進化而來，但直到現在這一過程的遺傳學原理依然模糊不清。
Clearly , volvox evolved from similar algae that exist only as single cells , but until now the genetics of the process have been obscure 顯然團藻是從類似的只有單個細胞的藻類進化來的，但這個進化過程的遺傳學機理迄今為止還不清楚。
But volvox shows the sort of thing to look for : a gene that stops reproduction in single - celled creatures and has been co - opted to do a new job 但團藻提示了我們應該尋找的東西：即一個能阻止單細胞生物繁殖又被指定了新任務的基因。
When that happened , individual cells could turn their reproductive capacity on or off according to the function they served in volvox ' s body 因此個體細胞根據他們在團藻中所具有的功能打開或關閉控制繁殖能力的開關。
When that happened , individual cells could turn their reproductive capacity on or off according to the function they served in volvox ' s body 這個突變讓團藻的各個細胞根據自身的角色打開或關閉自己的生殖功能。
Apparently , a mutation in this gene ? or , more probably , in the control system that activates it ? gave rise to volvox 顯然這種基因的突變? ?或者可能是激活基因的調節系統的突變? ?出現在了團藻中。
Apparently , a mutation in this gene ? or , more probably , in the control system that activates it ? gave rise to volvox 顯然這個基因的突變，或更可能是激活這個基因的控制機制的突變產生了團藻。
We cannot be certain that gonium, pandonina, eudonna, and pleodorina represent stages in the evolution of multicellular volvox from unicellular chlamydomonas . 我們不能肯定盤藻、實球藻、空球藻和雜球藻代表從單細胞衣藻到多細胞因藻的各進化階段。