Paramecium or paramecia are single-celled protists that are naturally found in aquatic habitats. They are typically oblong or slipper-shaped and are covered with short hairy structures called cilia.

Ciliates are unique among unicellular organisms in that they separate germline and somatic functions 1. Each cell harbours two kinds of nucleus, namely silent diploid micronuclei and highly polyploid ...

The relationship between mating reactivity and ability of cells to attach to polystyrene Petri dishes was investigated in six species of the ciliated protozoan Paramecium. Mating reactive-dependent ...

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The effect of sex and recombination on reproductive fitness was measured using five wild stocks of Paramecium primaurelia. Reproductive fitness was measured by determining the total number of progeny ...