Macronucleus and micronucleus, in vivo
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Detail view of the macronucleus (MA) and small elliptical micronucleus (Mi) within the macronuclear envelope (NE) in the large colpodid ciliate, Rostrophrya camerounensis (Njine, 1979) Foissner, 1993.The specimen is moderately compressed by coverglas pressure. Collected from an ephemeral puddle on an intermittently flood-irrigated grass lawn in Boise, Idaho. July 2007 DIC.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Colpodea
- Cyrtolophosidida
- Woodruffiidae
- Rostrophrya
- Rostrophrya camerounensis
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