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Epigenetic mechanisms affecting macronuclear development in Paramecium and Tetrahymena.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Preer J R
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic inheritance includes all non-Mendelian inheritance, in fact any inheritance that does not arise from base changes. Ciliates, particularly Paramecium and Tetrahymena, undergo epigenetic changes to their macronuclei when they are formed at nuclear reorganization. Once set, however, they are reproduced in a constant fashion, except for allelic segregations, during vegetative fissions in Tetrahymena and...
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