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XXIII.—Types of Development of Polytene Chromosomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

A. M. Mellad
A. M. Mellad
Affiliation:
John Innes Horticultural Institution, Merton, London.
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Extract

Until a few years ago the small size of the chromosomes limited the methods which could be used for their physical and chemical study. The discovery in 1933 that the salivary gland nuclei of Diptera contained giant multiple or polytene chromosomes threw the field open to the application of a variety of new techniques.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , 1942 , pp. 316 - 327
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1942

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