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THE purpose of this communication is to describe an interesting property of the macronucleus of a species of Spirostomum, a large freshwater ciliate. The nuclear apparatus of this animal consists of a long cylindrical macronucleus and a number of small micronuclei. The cytology of this species has been described by Seshachar and Padmavathi1. Feulgen preparations show a number of granules of varying sizes in the macronucleus embedded in a more homogeneous matrix.
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SESHACHAR, B. The Macronucleus of Spirostomum. Nature 182, 1614–1615 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821614a0
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