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logical features of note include the usual inter- 
phase nuclei with nucleoli shown in Figure 2d 
(Nitella pseudoflabellata ), and a pair of "gray,” 
lightly stained chromosomes apparently lagging 
in development in Nitella acuminata (Fig. 2a) . 
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