Paramecium aurelia
| Paramecium aurelia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Peniculida |
| Family: | Parameciidae |
| Genus: | Paramecium |
| Species: | P. aurelia
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramecium aurelia Ehr.
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Paramecium aurelia[1] are unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Paramecium of the phylum Ciliophora.[2] They are covered in cilia which help in movement and feeding.[2]Paramecium can reproduce sexually, asexually, or by the process of endomixis.[3] Paramecium aurelia demonstrate a strong "sex reaction" whereby groups of individuals will cluster together, and emerge in conjugant pairs. This pairing can last up to 12 hours, during which the micronucleus of each organism will be exchanged.[3] In Paramecium aurelia, a cryptic species complex was discovered by observation.[4] Since then, some have tried to decode this complex using genetic data.[5]
- ^ "Paramecium aurelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b "Paramecium". 101 Science.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b Sonneborn, T. M. (July 1937). "Sex, Sex Inheritance and Sex Determination in Paramecium Aurelia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 23 (7): 378–385. Bibcode:1937PNAS...23..378S. doi:10.1073/pnas.23.7.378. PMC 1076944. PMID 16588168.
- ^ Sonneborn, T. M. (April 1975). "The Paramecium aurelia Complex of Fourteen Sibling Species". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 94 (2): 155–178. doi:10.2307/3224977. JSTOR 3224977.
- ^ Catania, F.; Wurmser, F.; Potekhin, A. A.; Przybos, E.; Lynch, M. (1 February 2009). "Genetic Diversity in the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26 (2): 421–431. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn266. PMC 3888249. PMID 19023087.