Spirogyraa

Robbie Paul & Jeffrey Bonnic

 To explore the factors that enable spirogyra to reproduce to a greater extent  Conditions in which they reproduce most efficiently

 Filamentous green alga  Grows in stagnant bodies of water e.g ponds  Eukaryotic  Photosynthetic requires light to survive  Spirals of chloroplast  Hence the name Spiro-gyra

 Kingdom

Conjugation Two filaments of Spirogyra form conjugation tubes These tubes link at specific filaments of the two Spirogyra Male filament sends its DNA through the tube to the other filament, the female

 Data for 1.1 completely different from all data after the 11th of June  Varies greatly with 2.1

 2 Live snails present in

http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Chlorophyta/Spirogyra/group_C/varians/sp_23.html

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/webb/BOT311/Chlorophyta/SpirogyraBig500.jpg