A cytogenetic study of development in mechanically disrupted pairs of Tetrahymena thermophila

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 597-605

  Virtue, Mark A ^a   Cole, Eric S ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Conjugation; Genomic exclusion; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; GROWTH REGULATION; INVERTIBRATE DEVELOPMENT; MATING SYSTEM;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033230163     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb05135.x     Document Type: Article

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