Video of Euglena asexually splitting.

[keeblur]

Thought some of you might appreciate this. It's a Euglena alga which has undergone binary fission in order to asexually reproduce a duplicate of it's DNA, and then laterally splits to produce another individual. Probably sat there for like 45 minutes looking at the thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US4pRrIRVMc

[animartco]

Lovely clear picture. I don't understand how you managed to keep it in focus because it was moving and there were lots of other unfocussed creatures moving about behind it. I loved the way the 'baby' just moves off unconcerned at the end while the 'mother' doesn't seem to realize that seperation has taken place and keeps contracting. Lovely film.

[keeblur]

Thanks. It was actually pretty stationary, although holding a camera up to the microscope for 8 minutes was tough.

[JorgeLobo]

very nice