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Daughter colony

Daughter colony

a secondary colony growing on the surface of an older colony; it is smaller and may have characteristics different from those of the mother colony.


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Green Alga

... of Volvox are lined with hundreds flagellated cells that spin the colony along,keeping it in light level suited for photosynthesis. The bright green spheres within are "daughter colonies" that will break out and inflate into full sized Volvox colonies ...

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by chepay118
Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:05 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Green Alga
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