Thefunctionsomicronucleus vs Macronucleus - What's the difference?
thefunctionsomicronucleus | macronucleus |
(biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell.
*1890 Proceedings, American Philosophical Society
*:These binucleated forms have one macronucleus functional and another sexual micronucleus which is not functional in the ordinary life processes of the species.