Nuclear reorganization processes in Paramecium aurelia, with descriptions of autogamy and ‘hemixis’

@article{Diller1936NuclearRP,
  title={Nuclear reorganization processes in Paramecium aurelia, with descriptions of autogamy and ‘hemixis’},
  author={William F. Diller},
  journal={Journal of Morphology},
  year={1936},
  volume={59},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84511785}
}
  • W. Diller
  • Published 1 March 1936
  • Biology
  • Journal of Morphology
In a study of the nuclear behavior of Paramecium aurelia, a process of self‐fertilization, autogamy, has been discovered and traced through its essential steps. Autogamy is the counterpart, in a…
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