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THE PROTOZOA 



FIG. 167. Spore-formation in Sphceromyxa sabrazesi. A, Propagative cell with 

 two nuclei of different sizes ; B, two such propagative cells undergoing fusion 

 to form C, a pansporoblast with four nuclei, two smaller, peripheral, the 

 nuclei of the two envelope-cells, and two larger, central, the nuclei of the 

 spore-forming elements ; D, pansporoblast with fourteen nuclei, eight peri- 

 pheral, six central ; two of the latter, smaller than the others, represent reduc- 



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