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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a model for photosynthesis and so much more

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The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a useful reference organism for studying photosynthesis, cilia and the cell cycle. Like many other algae, it exhibits daily rhythms in gene expression and behavior that are in sync with the rising and setting of the sun.

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Fig. 1: Chlamydomonas.
Fig. 2: Rhythmic diurnal gene expression.

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We thank C. E. Blaby-Haas for providing input on this article. We are grateful for long-term support of our work by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy. This work was supported by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation’s Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative.

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  1. Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Sunnyjoy Dupuis & Sabeeha S. Merchant

  2. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Sabeeha S. Merchant

  3. California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Sabeeha S. Merchant

  4. Division of Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Sabeeha S. Merchant

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Dupuis, S., Merchant, S.S. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a model for photosynthesis and so much more. Nat Methods 20, 1441–1442 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-02023-6

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