Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas

Chlamydomonas - Definition
Chlamydomonas

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Chlorophyceae
Order:Volvocales
Family:Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus:Chlamydomonas
Species

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Chlamydomonas is a genus of green alga. They are unicellular flagellates. Chlamydomonas is used as a model organism for molecular biology, especially studies of flagellar motility and chloroplast dynamics, biogenesis, and genetics.

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Example Usage of Chlamydomonas
HilaryL9: Daily Eco Fact: Watermelon snow (pinkish colored snow) is caused by the presence mainly of Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae.
andreakimchi: Chlamydomonas
Bio_Network: The dynamic behaviour of mitochondria in living zygotes during maturation and meiosis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii http://kele.es/n6t
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