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A Model for the Evolution of Extremely Fragmented Macronuclei in Ciliates

While all ciliates possess nuclear dimorphism, several ciliates – like those in the classes Phyllopharyngea, Spirotrichea, and Armophorea – have an extreme macronuclear organization. Their extensively fragmented macronuclei contain upwards of 20,000 chromosomes, each with upwards of thousands of cop...

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Autores principales: Morgens, David W., Lindbergh, Kristen M., Adachi, Marie, Radunskaya, Ami, Cavalcanti, Andre R. O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064997