Paper Summary: Adaptation of Arabidopsis to D2O
C. R. Bhatia and H. H. Smith, “Adaptation and Growth Response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Deuterium,” Planta, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 176–184, 1968. Looking for papers on yeast adaptation (of which I’ve...
View ArticleGrowing Arabidopsis!
It was discussed a long time ago that adapting arabidopsis to D2O could reveal some interesting finds. So in an effort to do that I’m going to grow some example plants to test the setup and try and...
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Arabidopsis growth day 1
Here are the pictures of my samples after setup. Note that there are three additional samples of seeds in water. These samples are basically the equivalent of my original DDW Effects on life...
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Arabidopsis Growth
I haven’t inspected deeply, but a lot of the seeds in all my samples have started to sprout. This is good news indeed
View ArticleArabidopsis Growth Week 4 – End
So it seems that my plants of 3 weeks growth somehow stunted their growth and are beginning to die. Because of that I’m starting a second round of plants. Hopefully this time I get some growth. If not,...
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Arabidopsis growth update
This batch of arabidopsis seeds seems to be faring much better. I added an incandescent bulb to my lighting on Monday and the plants appear to be taking much better than with the fluorescent alone. I...
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Arabidopsis growth update
Ever since I added a timed incandescent bulb to the system, the plants have been flourishing! That’s a gross over exaggeration, but they’ve been growing faster and better than prior. Check them out! I...
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Arabidopsis update
This will probably be the last update. I’m going to (1) need to take a break until after I defend, and (2) need to start a new experiment because the plants are running low on media. I did just buy...
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