macronucleus and micronucleus
Description:
This single cell has been fixed and stained with a dye that shows up the nuclei. The image clearly shows the large macronucleus and the smaller, but still substantial. micronucleus. The arrangement of the nuclei is one of the criteria used to distinguish the species in this genus.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Parameciidae
- Paramecium (slipper animalcules)
- Paramecium caudatum (slipper animalcule)
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- D. J. Patterson.
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