Question
Biology Question on Cell: the unit of life
Acetabularia used in Hammerling's nucleocytoplasmic experiments is
A
unicellular fungus
B
multicellular fungus
C
unicellular uninucleate green algae
D
unicellular multinucleate green algae.
Answer
unicellular uninucleate green algae
Explanation
Solution
Acetabularia used in Hammerling's nucleocytoplasmic experiment is unicellular uninucleate green algae. Hammerling's experiment of Acetabularia involved exchanging rhizoid and stalk. Presence of hereditary information in the nucleous was proved by the work of Hammerling on single celled alga Acetabularia.