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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 79, Issue 1 237-246, Copyright © 1985 by Company of Biologists

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Intracellular positional control of survival or degeneration of nuclei during conjugation in Paramecium caudatum

A Yanagi and K Hiwatashi

The survival or degeneration of nuclei produced after meiosis in Paramecium caudatum depends upon their position in the cytoplasm. The surviving nucleus lies in the paroral region, which is the region around the cytostome. In this study, this was confirmed by quantitative measurements of the location of surviving nuclei in both stained and living conjugating cells. Observation of nuclear behaviour in living cells shows that there is an active mechanism for localizing one of the four meiotic products into the paroral region after the second meiotic division. When this mechanism is inhibited by vinblastine, none of the four nuclei gets into the paroral region and all of them become pycnotic, before degenerating. The results show that migration into the paroral region is essential for survival of the nucleus and that microtubules are involved in this nuclear migration.




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