Fluorescence micrograph showing normal nuclear DNA of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fluorescence micrograph showing normal nuclear DNA of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola

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Fluorescence micrograph showing normal nuclear DNA (glowing blue circles) of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola. The images show that there are no mitochondria present (which would be visible as many smaller blue dots near the larger circles).

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Image courtesy of Stephen Douglas Atkinson.

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