Contents 



Foreword vii 



Chapter 1. Introduction of the Kinetosome Considered as 

 a Model of a Visible Cytoi)hisniic Unit En- 

 dowed with Genetic Continuity 1 



Chapter 2. The Complicated Life Cycle of (lyiunodini- 



oides inkystans 9 



Chapter 3. How the Disarmed Tomite Proceeds to ^lanu- 

 facture Explosive Weapons in the Form of 



Trichocysts 19 



Chapter 4. Aspects of the Kinetosome 27 



Chapter 5. Division, Absence of Division, Induced Divi- 

 sion, and Morphogenesis 36 



Chapter 6. Genetic Continuity of Kineties and the Prob- 

 lems of Isolated Populations of Kinetosomes . 42 

 Chapter 7. Order and Disorder; Torsion and Detorsion . 52 



Chapter 8. Problems of Equilibrium 61 



Chapter 9. The Cortical Network of Suctorians; Repro- 

 duction and Organization 65 



Chapter 10. Movements of the Ciliary System in Ontogeny 



and Phylogeny 69 



Chapter 11. Differentiation in Ciliates 73 



Chapter 12. Interactions of ^Morj^hogenetic Units .... 78 

 Chapter 13. Ontogeny in Ciliates and the Differentiation 



of Metazoan Cells 83 



Chapter 14. The Kinetosome in Development, Morpho- 

 genesis, and Evolution 88 



Bibliography 95 



Index 99 



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