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. 1972 Sep;111(3):825–826. doi: 10.1128/jb.111.3.825-826.1972

Some Observations of Ascospores of Neurospora crassa Made with a Scanning Electron Microscope

Jerome L Sullivan 1, Pamela C Wagner 1, A Gib DeBusk 1
PMCID: PMC251359  PMID: 4115466

Abstract

Scanning electron micrographs of ascospores of Neurospora crassa reveal two of the structures which develop during germination and outgrowth: (i) a germination pore and (ii) the probable site of initiation of hyphal cell wall synthesis.

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