title: Historical perspective on Chlamydomonas as a model for basic research: 1950-1970.
abstract: During the period 1950-1970, groundbreaking research on the genetic mapping of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the use of mutant strains to analyze photosynthesis was conducted in the laboratory of R. Paul Levine at Harvard University. An account of this era, based in part on interviews with Levine, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Goodenough
mesh_terms: D002696:Chlamydomonas; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000235:genetics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009154:Mutation; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*
keywords: Chlamydomonas; R. Paul Levine; Ralph Lewin; Ruth Sager; genetics; history of science; photosynthesis