You can use C-Fern to investigate a wide variety of biological principles, scientific methods and laboratory techniques!
- For grades 7 – 12 and college-level biology
- Simple and rapid set up by teacher or students
- Explore a broad spectrum of biological principles
- Introduces simple, failproof axenic culture techniques
- Highly Adaptable – from teacher demonstrations to student initiated learning
- Rapid gametophyte development from spores over a 14 day period
- Observe the release of swimming sperm and their attraction to eggs under a stereomicroscope.
- Visualize fertilization and early embryo development, all in a single petri dish
- Two distinct sexual types – hermaphrodites and males
- Simple genetics with striking visible mutant phenotypes – e.g., polka dot
- Spore to spore life cycle in as little as 90 days. Sporophytes are long-lived , highly fertile, have a sturdy upright growth habit and produce spores with no after-ripening requirement
