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The gastric glands and vitellarium of Asplanchna are exceptions to the rule of constancy of the number of nuclei in rotifers. The two glands of a female may have different numbers of nuclei. Nuclear number in both organs varies widely among different individuals in a single culture. The mean nuclear number characteristic of a clone may be modified by dietary changes.
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Birky et al. (1966) studied this question.
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