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  Paramecium undergoing fission

Lab_2b-12a

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This slide shows a single Paramecium that is dividing in the process of asexual reproduction called binary fission.  During this process, the micronuclei first divide mitotically and then redistribute themselves throughout the cytoplasm, after which the macronucleus elongates amitotically into two halves.  On the specimen shown, this division of the macronucleus into two distinct halves has been completed.

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