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Cell form mutants inMicrasterias

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Two cell form mutants ofMicrasterias thomasiana have been isolated and have remained stable in culture for over two years. One mutant lacks the centrally located polar lobe and the other is a abnormally small cell.

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  1. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Campus Box 347, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA

    D. H. Tippit, H. Smith & J. D. Pickett-Heaps

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Tippit, D.H., Smith, H. & Pickett-Heaps, J.D. Cell form mutants inMicrasterias . Protoplasma 113, 234–236 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01280912

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