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A Paramecium tetraurelia mutant that has long autogamy immaturity period and short clonal life span.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Sept 2004
Komori Rie, Harumoto Terue, Fujisawa Hiromi, Takagi Yoshiomi
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We have isolated an unprecedented mutant of Paramecium tetraurelia that has a long immaturity period until autogamy. This mutant stock, d4-RK, screened for 0% autogamy at the age of 27 fissions, began to undergo autogamy around the age of 50 fissions in some clones and underwent autogamy scarcely even after the age of 100 fissions in others. d4-RK expressed its mutant phenotype at 25 degrees C, but resembled the...
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