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Meganucleus

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(also called Macronucleus), in Infusoria., the large nucleus which undergoes direct (amitotic) division in fission, and is lost during conjugation, to be replaced by a nucleus, the result of the karyogamy of the micronuclei.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Meganucleus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/meganucleus.html. 1910.
 
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