Paramoecium

wolf on September 9th, 2010

How Paramoecium reproduces sexually? In Paramoecium a peculiar type of sexual reproduction known as conjugation takes place. In conjugation there is an exchange of micronuclear material without the fusion of the cytoplasm.

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wolf on September 2nd, 2010

This free living protozoa reproduces by asexual and sexual methods. In Paremoecium, the asexual reproduction is caused by transverse binary fission. Binary Fission: Just before division the animal ceases feeding, the central portion of the body bulges. Micronucleus increases in size and fine spindle fibres are formed. Chromosomes divide eumitotically passing through all the stages [...]

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wolf on September 2nd, 2010

Systematic Position of Paramoecium Sub-Kingdom- Protozoa Phylum- Ciliophora Genus- Paramoecium Species- caudatum Structure of Paramoecium Locomotion in Paramoecium As paramecium is a ciliate animal so it moves by its cilia. The rapid swimming is facilitated by the beating of fine and hair-like cellular organelles, called cilia, that cover the animal’s entire cell-body. Paramoecium moves with [...]

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