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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Micronucleus, Germline
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Micronucleus, Germline
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Micronucleus, Germline

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Micronucleus, Germline  

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Entry terms

  • Germinal Micronucleus
  • Germline Micronuclei
  • Germline Micronucleus
  • Micronuclei, Germline
  • Micronucleus, Germinal

Scope note

  • The smaller, reproductive, transcriptionally inert nucleus in the cells of ciliate protozoans, as distinguished from the larger, vegetative, transcriptionally active MACRONUCLEUS. Micronuclei participate in MEIOSIS and autogamy during GENETIC CONJUGATION.

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  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D048631

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