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The induction of gametogenesis in the studied homothallic alga by the transfer to a nitrogen-Less medium leads to an adaptation of the cell population until a dynamic equilibrium is attained. Throughout the adaptation, the homeostatic forces regulating the number of the cells in the population assert themselves on the basis of internal nitrogen circulation. Part of the induced cells which perform no conjugation is probably destroyed by lysing, whereas the cells being just in the pre-Induction phase as well as those having passed the phase without being induced to gametes, continue their cycles by means of the released nitrogenous substances. The conditions which in some cells cause the induction of gametogenesis, produce a partial spontaneous synchronisation in other cells. The course of the cell cycles in parts of the culture may be determined according to the pulses of the increasing number of the zygotes within the whole cell population, if the cell cycles have run at a certain degree of synchrony. The culture conditions which induce gametogenesis cause a quick decrease of the biosyntheses of the RNAs while the biosyntheses of the DNAs are almost maintained at the original level. During the dynamic equilibrium of the population, the average content of the RNAs per cell remains very low, whereas the average content of the DNAs per cell virtually does not change (compared with the original state).
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Nečas, J., Tetík, K. Some effects of the induction of gametogenesis in the populations of the homothallic algaChlamydomonas geitleri Ettl. Biol Plant 23, 270–277 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02895364
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