Burp....

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René
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Burp....

Post by René »

Xmass dinner not entirely digested yet :smt111

Image

North Sea, 14/1/2014. Gyrodinium spirale and Coscinodiscus radiatus (middle spec. is dividing).
The nucleus of this dinoflagellate bulges out of the cell. In a single frame at 100%, the stringy mass of chromosomes can clearly be seen, as is typical for a dinokaryon:

Image

Olympus inverted, 20x/0.7 objective. The dinokaryon is 25x15um.

Best wishes, René

RogelioMoreno
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Post by RogelioMoreno »

Interesting!

Rogelio

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