Conjugation in Tetrahymena
- 11 July 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 116 (3002) , 33-34
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.116.3002.33
Abstract
The use of animal cells for biochemical genetic studies has been retarded by the difficulty of maintaining animals in a defined medium. The ciliate Tetrahymena has been so kept, and will conjugate soon after the nutrient medium has been exhausted. However, conjugation within a clone leads to the death of the conjugants. Strains have been kept in the lab. since 1936 without micronuclei; such animals do not conjugate.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Growth-Factor Requirements of Tetrahymena geleii EPhysiological Zoology, 1950
- The Amino Acid Requirements of Tetrahymena geleii (E)Physiological Zoology, 1949