University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital

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Developmental Biology

Geomagnetic Field (Gmf) and Plant Evolution: Investigating the Effects of Gmf Reversal on Arabidopsis thaliana Development and Gene Expression

Cinzia M. Bertea¹, Ravishankar Narayana¹, Chiara Agliassa¹, Christopher T. Rodgers², Massimo E. Maffei¹

¹Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, ²Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital

This protocol describes a method to test the hypothesis that the reversal of the effective geomagnetic field (GMF) induces differential gene expression and alters the morphology of Arabidopsis thaliana. A triaxial octagonal system of Helmholtz coil-pairs was used to artificially generate reversed GMF conditions in the plant growth chamber.