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Filtering by: Creator McDonnell, Janet A., 1952- Committee Member Baynes, Christopher Decade 1970-1979

The effects of various factors on the formation and fate of extranuclear chromatic bodies in Tetrahymena pyriformis

Creator:

Salamone, Michael

Abstract:

During karyokinesis in the ciliate, Tetrahymena pyriformis, strain GL-I, an extranuclear chromatin body (ECB) is frequently formed as an excluded mass between the two dividing daughter macronuclei. The formation and fate of ECB's were followed by means of Feu lgen, toluidine blue 0, and euchrysine staining and autoradiography (³H-thymidine). The...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

percent of the dividing cells in a log growth phase culture produce one (43%) or more (8%) ECB's. 2