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passing through an equatorial-plate stage, the two groups of 

 chromosomes move toward the opposite granules (g-i). As the 

 spindle fibers become indistinct, radiation around the central 





Fig. 19 Oxnerella maritima and stages of mitosis. X about 1000. (After 



Dobell). 

 a, a living individual; b, a stained specimen; c-g, prophases; h, metaphase; 

 i, anaphase; j, k, telophase; 1, complete division of the body into two daughter 

 individuals. 



granules becomes conspicuous and the two daughter nuclei are 

 completely reconstructed to assume the resting phase (J-l). 

 In the asexual, or schizogonic, reproduction of the coccidian. 



