DEVELOPMENT OF MACRONUCLEAR ANLAGE IN CILIATE CHILODONELLA-UNCINATA .1. MORPHOLOGICAL AND CYTOPHOTOMETRIC STUDIES ON EVOLUTION OF DNA
DEVELOPMENT OF MACRONUCLEAR ANLAGE IN CILIATE CHILODONELLA-UNCINATA .1. MORPHOLOGICAL AND CYTOPHOTOMETRIC STUDIES ON EVOLUTION OF DNA
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00326506
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
SCHNEIDE.S
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作者:
PYNE, CK;RUCH, F;SCHNEIDE.S
The development of the macronuclear anlage in C. uncinata occurs in three steps. During stage I, distinct Feulgen-positive elements are visible in the anlage. Along with the increase in the volume of the anlage, the DNA content of the latter increases from 2 C to about 32 C, indicating four cycles of replication. Simultaneously, the number of Feulgen-positive elements also increases, suggesting that these bodies represent the individual chromosomes and that after each duplication cycle, the daughter chromosomes fall apart. During stage II, the anlage increases greatly in volume and shows a diffused Feulgen stain, in which no structured elements are discernible. During stage III, small Feulgen-positive granules reappear inside the anlage, and gradually become bigger as well as more numerous; at the same time the anlage as a whole starts condensing and becomes more and more densely staining, until it attains the appearance of a vegetative macronucleus about to divide. During stages II and III, the DNA content of the macronuclear anlage goes on increasing, until it nearly reaches the G2value of the vegetative macronucleus, which is about 128 C. The problem as to whether there is an elimination of some DNA in between stages I and II has however not yet been resolved and needs further study.