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Evidence of a large, ramified mitochondrium inChlamydomonas reinhardii

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As a result of reconstruction from serial sections, a large, highly reticulated mitochondrium was found in gamete cells ofChlamydomonas. Three of four cells examined showed one to four small, unreticulated mitochondria in addition to the one referred to.

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  1. B. Grobe &  C. -G. Arnold

    Present address: Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland

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    This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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    Grobe, B., Arnold, C.G. Evidence of a large, ramified mitochondrium inChlamydomonas reinhardii . Protoplasma 86, 291–294 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01275640

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