Oxytricha trifallax
| Oxytricha trifallax | |
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| Oxytricha trifallax | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Spirotrichea |
| Subclass: | Stichotrichia |
| Order: | Sporadotrichida |
| Family: | Oxytrichidae |
| Genus: | Oxytricha |
| Species: | O. trifallax |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxytricha trifallax Stein, 1859 | |
Oxytricha trifallax is a ciliate protozoan species in the genus Oxytricha. O. trifallax is notable for its ability to split its 16,000 chromosomes resulting in it having as many as 225,000 tiny strands of DNA.[1] For comparison, humans have 46 chromosomes, consisting of 23 pairs.
References
- ↑ The Oxytricha trifallax Macronuclear Genome: A Complex Eukaryotic Genome with 16,000 Tiny Chromosomes.
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S41/01/85G88/index.xml? http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001473