Testing various genetic forms within the species Arabidopsis
Student Name: Andrea Collins. UCD Department: Plant Biology. UCD Mentor: Jennifer Monson-Miller.
Our lab will be analyzing seed development in plants through the
genetic transformation and crossing of Arabidopsis plants. In
some reproductive crosses between members of this species,
development of the seed fails. She will attempt to locate this
specific point in development by inserting extra copies of a
certain growth gene at various stages and seeing whether its
expression makes the cross successful.
