Nuclear exchange and karyogamy

Species: Paramecium caudatum

P. caudatum, Strain: 27aG3 x Yt3
Conjugating pair undergoing nuclear exchange and karyogamy; living cells observed by phase-contrast microscopy; by A. Yanagi
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