Saturday, 11 August 2007

cell biology - "Acellular" designation for organisms

From Wikipedia:



Some biologists refer to wholly syncytial organisms as "acellular" because their bodies contain multiple nuclei which are not separated by cell walls.



As Albano pointed out, "cell walls" should probably be "cell membranes".



Paramecium and some types of amoeba like the Chaos genus have multiple nuclei so they fall under this definition.

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