A mutational analysis of conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila. 1. Phenotypes affecting early development: meiosis to nuclear selection.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1997.8648

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A mutational analysis of conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila. 1. Phenotypes affecting early development: meiosis to nuclear selection.

Developmental biology - 15 Sept 1997

Cole E S, Cassidy-Hanley D, Hemish J, Tuan J, Bruns P J

Abstract excerpt

Conjugation in the freshwater ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila involves a developmental program that models meiosis, fertilization, and early developmental events characteristic of multicellular eukaryotes. We describe a gallery of five early-acting conjugation mutations. These mutants, cnj1-5, ex...

Topics

Animals
Cell Nucleus
DNA Mutational Analysis
DNA, Protozoan
Meiosis
Micronucleus, Germline
Models, Biological
Mutation
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic
Reproduction
Tetrahymena thermophila

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