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Chapter 3: Paramecium multimicronucleatum - Nuclei

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Fig. 1: micronucleus in interphase
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Fig. 2: portion of the macronucleus
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Fig. 3: grazing view of macronuclear envelope pores
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Fig. 4: freeze fracture view of nuclear envelope
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Fig. 5: freeze fractured macronucleus with nucleolus
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Fig. 6: four micronuclei
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Fig. 7a: detail of microtubular bands in micronuclei
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Fig. 7b: fluorescent images of P. multimicronucleatum
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Fig. 8: micronucleus in anaphase showing daughter chromosomes
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Fig. 9: one end of anaphase micronucleus
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Fig. 10a: QF-DE of a separation spindle area
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Fig. 10b: continuation of spindle in Fig. 10a
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Fig. 11a: conjugating cells fuse together
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Fig. 11b: conjugation occurs on day 6 of a culture age study
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Fig. 12: self conjugating cell with pronuclei and macronucleus
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Fig. 13: self conjugating cell following meiosis
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Fig. 14: macronucleus with nucleoli in interphase
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Fig. 15: nucleoli of macronucleus in stationary phase cell
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Fig. 16: nucleoli of macronucleus shedding outer layer
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Fig. 17: nucleoli of macronucleus form threads during shedding
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Fig. 18: experimentally induced changes in macronucleus
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Fig. 19: stationary phase cell with disintegrating macronucleus
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Fig. 20: intranuclear envelope bacterial endosymbiont