Tetrahymena: Cell for All Seasons

Authors

Eugene C. Bovee, University of KansasFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Certain protozoa have often been the cellular animals of choice for research and teaching in the past 100 years. In 1926, Asa Schaeffer (20) placed "the amoeba" at the pinnacle for animals that serve as primary research tools, along with the dog and the frog. Paramecium (one or more of its species) and Euglena (one or more of its species) are other protozoa (the latter, also an alga) well-known and oft-employed in both teaching and research. In the past 40 years, however, another protozoan has gained prominence in research, equalling - even superseding - the three mentioned above. Its generic name: Tetrahymena.

Publication Date

September 1979

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

16

Issue

2

First Page

12

Last Page

17

Copyright

© Copyright 1979 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bovee, Eugene C. (1979) "Tetrahymena: Cell for All Seasons," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 16: No. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol16/iss2/10