macronucleus

macronucleus
1. A nucleus that occupies a relatively large portion of the cell, or the larger nucleus where two or more are present in a cell. SYN: meganucleus. 2. The larger of the two nuclei in ciliates, which governs vegetative metabolic functions and not reproduction. SYN: somatic nucleus, trophic nucleus, trophonucleus. SEE ALSO: micronucleus (2).

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mac·ro·nu·cle·us .mak-rō-'n(y)ü-klē-əs n, pl -clei -.ī also -cle·us·es a relatively large densely staining nucleus of most ciliate protozoans that is derived from micronuclei and controls various nonreproductive functions compare MICRONUCLEUS
mac·ro·nu·cle·ar .mak-rō-'n(y)ü-klē-ər adj

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mac·ro·nu·cle·us (mak″ro-nooґkle-əs) [macro- + nucleus] in ciliate protozoa, the transcriptively active, polyploid nucleus, much larger than the micronucleus, that governs the organism's vegetative processes and is responsible for its phenotype. Called also trophic nucleus and trophonucleus.

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