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'new-born' cells

Image of Peridinium gatunense

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The two small daughter-cells have just emerged from the mother thecae. Note the considerably larger size of the empty, colorless thecae of the mother cell, note the flagellum of the cell on the left, note that both young cells are naked protoplasts, within a few hours they will be each covered by new thecae.

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Alla Alster; Tamar Zohary
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