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During mitosis in multinucleated agamonts ofAllogromia laticollaris the nucleolar substance cannot be demonstrated in the nuclei, but only in the cytoplasm as large opaque bodies, some of which are surrounded by two membranes. Only a few smaller bodies are still present within vacuoles of young agamonts formed subsequent to the dividing state. Since the nuclear envelope persists during karyokinesis, the division spindle is localized intranuclearly. The component continuous microtubules, which prefer the nuclear periphery, are mostly visible as bundles, whereas the microtubules running to the chromosomes appear single and less numerous. Centrosomes can be noticed not only at elongated but also at ovoid or irregularly shaped nuclei. These centrosomes represent round or elliptic bodies surrounded by a membrane and consist of granular and fibrillar material. They occur within the perinuclear space and are restricted to the state of karyokinesis.
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Schwab, D. Electron microscopic studies on the foraminiferAllogromia laticollaris arnold mitosis in agamonts. Protoplasma 75, 79–89 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279397
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