2. Noun. (biology) The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan. ¹
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Definition of Micronucleus
1. [n -NUCLEI]
Medical Definition of Micronucleus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Micronucleus
Literary usage of Micronucleus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biology: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by Herbert William Conn (1912)
"The micronucleus in each undergoes a series of changes which results in its ...
This small piece of the micronucleus, thus exchanged by each individual, ..."
2. A Textbook of General Embryology by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"In each cell the micronucleus divides and the daughter micronuclei immediately
divide again forming four. Of FIG. 102.—-Nuclear history during conjugation ..."
3. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann (1892)
"yet compared the number of the idants in a micronucleus preparing for conjugation
with the number in a micronucleus of an ..."
4. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"The smaller micronucleus lies by the side of the larger macronucleus. The micronucleus
divides into parts, while the macronucleus degenerates. ..."
5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"I. Changes of micronucleus; left sickle stage, right spindle stage. II.
Second division of micronucleus; into primary spindles (i, 5) and secondary spindles ..."
6. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead Macfarlane (1918)
"When conjugation of two individuals has been effected "the micronucleus of ...
Thus, as a result of the divisions of the original micronucleus of each of ..."
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