I am a graduate student who has used Didinium in experiments to investigate various aspects of predator-prey theory.
I currently have an undergraduate student who is interested in answering some questions about long-term evolution of Didinium's capture efficiency under laboratory culturing. We are hoping someone knows the answer to this question: Are all current Didinium stocks from some singular lab source culture (presumably going back to Gause?), or can Didinium easily be found in pond water (suggesting at least the potential for contrasting lab versus wild strains)? ALSO, if you are a person who has maintained a stock culture of Didinium and wouldn't mind sending us a sample to include in our study, please get in touch. Please reply directly to me and I will do the usual digest once I get responses. Thanks! -Chris --------------------------------- Christopher X Jon Jensen Department of Ecology and Evolution Stony Brook University 650 Life Sciences Building Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 Phone: 1-631-632-8600 FAX: 1-631-632-7626 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
