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Somatic nuclear division in the vegetative hyphae ofTuber species plurimae in pure culture was studied with the HCl-Giemsa and Wittman- hematoxylin techniques. Nuclei divide by mitosis with differentiated chromosomes and metaphase plates.
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Centro di Studio per la Micologia del Terreno del C.N.R. presso l'Istituto Botanico dell'Università di Torino. (Work n. 131).
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Bonfante, P.F. Nuclear division in the vegetative hyphae of Tuber species plurimae. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 49, 161–167 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050859
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