conjugation

Description:

These two individuals have fused toigether and wille xchange haploid nuclei as part of a process of sexual activity. Ciloiates can divide asexually with mitotic division of the micronuclei and an a-mitoitic division of the macronucleus. Periodically, the cells go through a sexual process in which cells join at the mouth region, the macronucleus breaks down, micronuclei undergo meiosis, haploid nuclei are exchanged, they then fuse and the resulting product divides to create new micronuclei and macronuclei.