Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chlamydomonas, Simple Eye In Invertebrates, Channelrhodopsin
12 Mar 2016
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What else does this cell need to function: chlamdomonas reinhardtii, 10 um in length, nucleus and chloroplast, eukaryotic cell, model system, uses light for energy and information. System: part of the reason it"s a model system is because it kind of split away pretty early in the separating of plants, animals, and fungi, so it retains some of the characteristics of all. Relatedness of chlamydomonas to plant and animals: because its at the base of the tree, it shares some similarities with animals and it shares some similarities with plants and fungi in ways that others are not. Two mating types: plus (+) and minus (-) Both asexual and sexual life cycle: haploid; 17 chromosomes. Clamydomonas belongs to a group of eukaryotes in which it was an example of all of these. The eyespot is an organelle that chlamy has that can detect light.
