Arabidopsis is a plant commonly used in genotype tests. They display qualities that make them convenient for altering their genes without a lot of trouble. Consequently, there are several different genotypes of Arabidopsis. However, it is rather hard to test exactly what the genotypes do to the plants without some sort of stress being placed on them. This is a record of the experiments produced and their results. These experiments were important due to their nature- many genetic anomalies or mutations are a result of changes in the genotype, resulting in an altered phenotype. These experiments help clarify and reveal several things about the universal gene code and what we still can learn about natural selection.
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The experiment required the seeds of nine different arabidopsis genotypes. These are Sos-1, Ws-2, Col-0, Abi5-1, Santa Clara, Lov-1, Ler-1, and Chs1-2. Along with that, there were pots, soil, and fertilizer required for the planting. For the four different stresses, a fridge, a heavy metal solution, and a salt solution where required. The fourth stress, drought, only required that you didn’t water it.
To deal with salt stress, Sos-1, Ws-2, …show more content…
The only week which the WS-2 treated plant thrived over the control plant was during week 3. During that week the Average measurement of the leaf length for the treated plant was 49 millimeters and the average measurement of the leaf length for the control plant was 46.75 millimeters. However that did not last long because in week 4 the tables completely turned in favor of the control plant. The average measurement of the leaf length for the control plant was 51.75 millimeters and the treated plant is was only a small 44.5 millimeters. At week 4, there was a decline in the length of the leaves and the color of the which leads to the fact of the plant starting to