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Structure of the Wall of Valonia

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THE interesting röntgenographic studies of O. L. Sponsler1 and of W. T. Astbury, T. C. Marwick and J. D. Bernal2 on the cell-wall of the large one-celled alga of the genus Valonia have revived the interest in the older microscopic investigations by C. Correns3 on the structure of the cell-walls of Algæ, including also Valonia.

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VAN ITERSON, G. Structure of the Wall of Valonia. Nature 138, 364–365 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138364a0

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