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Morphology of the nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions during the development ofAcetabularia cells

II. The generative phase

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An electron microscopic survey of nuclear events and changes in the perinuclear cytoplasm during the generative phase ofAcetabularia is presented with details on late stages in the maturation of the primary nucleus, possible modes of formation of secondary nuclei, the mitosis of secondary nuclei, migration of secondary nuclei into the stalk and the cap, the fine structure of nuclei and perinuclear cytoplasm during cyst formation and gametogenesis as well as during gamete fusion and zygote formation.

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    Sigrid Berger

  2. Lehrstuhl für Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, D-6900, Heidelberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    W. Herth

  3. Institut für experimentelle Pathologie, Abteilung für Membranbiologie und Biochemie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, D-6900, Heidelberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    W. W. Franke & H. Spring

  4. Institut für Biologie II, Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie, Universität Freiburg, D-7800, Freiburg i. Br., Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    H. Falk

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Berger, S., Herth, W., Franke, W.W. et al. Morphology of the nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions during the development ofAcetabularia cells. Protoplasma 84, 223–256 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279355

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