Meiosis VI: A reinterpretation of tritium thymidine labelling of meiotic chromosomes, supporting the chiasmatype hypothesis
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Abstract
Re-examination of data relating chiasmata per bivalent to tritium thymidine switch points per chromatid in male grasshoppers suggests that they are consistent with the chiasmatype hypothesis: that the number of chiasmata is equal to the number of crossover exchanges.
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Thymidine Tritium Switch Point Meiotic Chromosome Thymidine Labelling
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