Association for Biology Laboratory Education

Teaching with Chlamydomonas
 

Mike Adams

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32

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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

Dalhousie University (2010)

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