Genetica

, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp 503–507 | Cite as

Meiosis VI: A reinterpretation of tritium thymidine labelling of meiotic chromosomes, supporting the chiasmatype hypothesis

  • L. T. Douglas
  • H. W. Kroes
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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.

Keywords

Thymidine Tritium Switch Point Meiotic Chromosome Thymidine Labelling 
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© Martinus Nijhoff 1969

Authors and Affiliations

  • L. T. Douglas
    • 1
  • H. W. Kroes
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of GeneticsUniversity of NijmegenThe Netherlands
  2. 2.Department of BotanyUniversity of NijmegenThe Netherlands

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