Diverse modes of reproduction in the marine free-living ciliate Glauconema trihymene |
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| Authors: | Hongan Long Rebecca A Zufall |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, 77204-5001 Houston, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Most free-living ciliates reproduce by equal fission or budding during vegetative growth. In certain ciliates, reproduction occurs inside the cyst wall, viz. reproductive cysts, but more complex reproductive strategies have generally been thought to be confined to parasitic or symbiotic species, e.g. Radiophrya spp. |
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