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IN the sugar-canes there are two cytological features of interest. First, it has been noticed that two types of egg gametes, one with the reduced haploid number of chromosomes and the other with the unreduced diploid number, are formed. From a study of chromosome numbers in certain hybrids (Table 1), it can be seen that in some crosses one or other of these types of gametes, or both, have functioned.
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PARTHASARATHY, N. Chromosome Elimination in Saccharum. Nature 168, 383–384 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168383a0
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