Teaching with Chlamydomonas

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32

Mike Adams

Abstract

The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas offers many advantages in undergraduate laboratory exercises. It is cheap, easy to maintain, non-hazardous and can be used to demonstrate a wide range of biological principles. Experiments involving regrowth of flagella and the sequence of events in the mating process are described, and a variety of variations on these exercises are suggested. Links to both research and teaching sites offer information on a wide range of additional experiments and suggestions for student independent study projects.

Keywords:  genetics, student-designed laboratory, cell biology, Chlamydomonas

University of Delaware (2009)