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... portions , and the cells thus produced by fission become sepa- rate , and grow to the size of that form from which they started . In this manner Protococcus multiplies with very great rapidity . Multiplication by gemmation in the mode ...
... portions , and the cells thus produced by fission become sepa- rate , and grow to the size of that form from which they started . In this manner Protococcus multiplies with very great rapidity . Multiplication by gemmation in the mode ...
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... portions of earthy salts which drift into it as dust , it follows that it must possess the power of constructing protein by rearrangment of the elements supplied to it by their compounds . Torula , on the other hand , is unable to ...
... portions of earthy salts which drift into it as dust , it follows that it must possess the power of constructing protein by rearrangment of the elements supplied to it by their compounds . Torula , on the other hand , is unable to ...
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... portion — the loosely enveloping unstained sac -the two cilia prolonged from the protoplasm through an opening in the sac . c . Try to find specimens in which the movements are becoming sluggish , and see the cilia in motion . [ B ...
... portion — the loosely enveloping unstained sac -the two cilia prolonged from the protoplasm through an opening in the sac . c . Try to find specimens in which the movements are becoming sluggish , and see the cilia in motion . [ B ...
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... portion including two or three internodes . B. HISTOLOGICAL STRUCTURE . a . The stem . 1. Examine the outside of a fresh internode with a low power , or a pocket - lens , to see the spirally arranged cortical cells . 2 . 3 . Hold a bit ...
... portion including two or three internodes . B. HISTOLOGICAL STRUCTURE . a . The stem . 1. Examine the outside of a fresh internode with a low power , or a pocket - lens , to see the spirally arranged cortical cells . 2 . 3 . Hold a bit ...
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... portion acquires a brown colour , and eventually passes into an irregularly branched body , also of a dark - brown colour , which is commonly called the root of the fern , but is , in reality , a creeping underground stem , or rhizome ...
... portion acquires a brown colour , and eventually passes into an irregularly branched body , also of a dark - brown colour , which is commonly called the root of the fern , but is , in reality , a creeping underground stem , or rhizome ...
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