Paramecium

Edited by H.-D. Goertz, Springer-Verlag, pp. 444, 1988

Contents

Foreword .................................................................................. i
J. R. Preer, Jr.
Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................... 1
H.-D. Goertz
Chapter 2 Cytology ......................................................... 4
R.D. Allen
Chapter 3 The Species Concept and Breeding Systems .... 41
D. Nyberg
Chapter 4 Mating-Type Inheritance ................................ 59
Y. Tsukii
Chapter 5 Conjugation .................................................... 70
M. Fujishima
Chapter 6 Mating-Type Substance ................................... 85
A. Kihara
Chapter 7 The Cell Cycle and Regulation of Cell Mass
and Macronuclear DNA Content ........................................... 97
J.D. Berger
Chapter 8 Nuclear Dimorphism and Function ................... 120
K. Mikami
Chapter 9 Aging ............................................................. 131
Y. Takagi
Chapter 10 Organization and Expression of the Nuclear Genome ....... 141
M. Freiburg
Chapter 11 Immobilization Antigens ................................ 155
H.J. Schmidt
Chapter 12 Mitochondria ................................................. 167
A. Sainsard-Chanet and D. Cummings
Chapter 13 Electrophysiology .......................................... 185
H. Machemer
Chapter 14 Motor Control of Cilia .................................... 216
H. Machemer
Chapter 15 A Genetic Dissection of Ion-Channel Functions ..... 236
R. Ramanathan, Y. Saimi, R. Hinrichsen, A. Burgess-Cassler, and C. Kung
Chapter 16 Biochemistry of Cilia ...................................... 254
J.E. Schultz and S. Klumpp
Chapter 17 Behavioral Genetics in P. caudatum .................. 271
M. Takahashi
Chapter 18 Chemokinesis ................................................... 282
J. Van Houten and R.R. Preston
Chapter 19 The Lysosome System ...................................... 301
A.K. Fok and R.D. Allen
Chapter 20 Exocytosis: Biogenesis, Transport and Secretion of Trichocysts
........................................................................................ 325
A. Adoutte
Chapter 21 The Cytoskeleton ............................................ 363
J. Cohen and J. Beisson
Chapter 22 Endocytobiosis ................................................. 393
H.-D. Goertz
Chapter 23 Endosymbionts of Killer Paramecia ................... 406
R.L. Quackenbush
Chapter 24 Ecology ............................................................ 419
W.G. Landis
Subject Index ................................................................................ 437