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Quantitative ultrastructural differences in the mitochondrium of pleomorphic bloodforms ofTrypanosoma brucei

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Morphometrisch wird gezeigt, dass die stumpfe Blutform («stumpy form») vonTrypanosoma brucei ein grösseres Mitochondrium besitzt als die schlanke Form («slender form»). Die strukturelle Zusammensetzung des Mitochondriums bleibt annähernd gleich.

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  1. H. Hecker & S. Böhringer

    Present address: Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland

  2. P. H. Burri

    Present address: Department of Anatomy, University of Bern, CH-3000, Bern, Switzerland

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  1. Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland

    P. H. Burri

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Bern, CH-3000, Bern, Switzerland

    H. Hecker & S. Böhringer

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This work has partly been supported by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung.

The authors wish to thank ProfessorE. R. Weibel for his interest in this work. We also thank MissS. Bleiker and MrK. Babl for their skillful technical assistance.

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Hecker, H., Burri, P.H. & Böhringer, S. Quantitative ultrastructural differences in the mitochondrium of pleomorphic bloodforms ofTrypanosoma brucei. Experientia 29, 901–903 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946358

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