Top Two Books For Flagella Researchers

LeBlond, Gerard LeBlond, Ph.D. from SUNY UMU in Central New York State.

I recently received the following question: "I'm thinking about branching out in my research activities and heard that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a great model organism. What are the two reference books that you suggest for doing research on this beast?"

Here's my short list:

• Methods in Cell Biology Volume 47: Cilia and Flagella, Edited by William Dentler and George Witman. Academic Press, 1995 Hardcover: ISBN 0-12-564148-6; Softcover: ISBN 0-12-209710-6
  
• The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Biology and Laboratory Use by Elizabeth H. Harris. Academic Press, 1989 ISBN 0-12-326880-X
  

Good luck finding your own copies.

But if you do get your own tomes for your library -- Hold on to them -- because...

They are fantastic!