{"id":4386,"date":"2013-11-26T14:13:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T20:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2013-12-17T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:17:09","slug":"evolution-of-multicellularity-a-new-lab-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4386","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of Multicellularity?–a New Lab Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps you follow Carl Zimmer and are familiar with an ongoing set of relatively simple experiments that explore the evolution of multicellularity using yeast. \u00a0The experiments are very straightforward and I had thought to myself that if I were still in the classroom I’d be trying this out. \u00a0William Ratcliffe, one of the principle researchers involved, was at NABT presenting a high school adaptation of the investigation as well as another on testing the predation hypothesis as a possible driver for multi-cellularity. \u00a0\u00a0Even better he was distributing kits. \u00a0He want folks every where creating multicellular yeast.<\/p>\n

You’ll find a number of relevant links below but for now the important one is: \u00a0http:\/\/snowflakeyeastlab.com\/index.htm<\/a>\u00a0 Head on over there and request a kit and give this a try in your classroom. \u00a0Very, very cool.<\/p>\n

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A caveat, not all of the research community is on board just yet with this serving as a appropriate example for the transition to multi-cellularity. \u00a0Carl discusses this in his posts linked below (along with some responses from Dr. Ratcliffe. \u00a0You can also find additional critique here on Sandwalk, Larry Moran’s blog: \u00a0http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/is-bakers-yeast-good-model-for.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Carl’s work:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/carlzimmer.com\/articles\/2012.php?subaction=showfull&id=1329948350&archive=&start_from=&ucat=15&<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/phenomena.nationalgeographic.com\/2013\/03\/12\/watching-bodies-evolve\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/phenomena.nationalgeographic.com\/2013\/04\/04\/another-path-for-evolving-bodies\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The original paper:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2012\/01\/10\/1115323109.full.pdf+html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perhaps you follow Carl Zimmer and are familiar with an ongoing set of relatively simple experiments that explore the evolution of multicellularity using yeast. \u00a0The experiments are very straightforward and I had thought to myself that if I were still in the classroom I’d be trying this out. \u00a0William Ratcliffe, one of the principle researchers
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