OBSERVATIONS ON THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE MACRONUCLEUS OF TOKOPHRYA INFUSIONUM
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- 25 September 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 1 (5), 421-428
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.1.5.421
Abstract
The macronucleus in Tokophrya infusionum is composed of numerous Feulgen-positive chromatin bodies (about 0.5 µ in diameter) which appear in thin sections as a dense spongework, homogeneous throughout. The same appearance characterizes metaphase chromosomes of higher forms.Keywords
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