Sean:
Good general references on ciliate nuclei are
Raikov, I.B. The Protozoan Nucleus Springer-Verlag 1983 and
Prescott, D.M. Molecular Biology of Ciliates
For differences in Macs and Mics, You might look at
Schlege et al. Chromosoma 99:401
Walker and Goode Cytobiologie 14:18
" Protistologica 12:271
" " Trans. Amer Micr. Soc. 97:340
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