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Variability of autogamy-maturation pattern in genetically identical populations of Paramecium tetraurelia.
Zoological science - 1 Nov 2002
Komori Rie, Harumoto Terue, Fujisawa Hiromi, Takagi Yoshiomi
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Autogamy in Paramecium tetraurelia is a form of sexual reproduction in a single cell that results in homozygosity in every genetic locus. Autogamy becomes inducible by natural starvation several fissions after the previous autogamy, and percent autogamy increases gradually with clonal age to reac...
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