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The results of treatment of meiotic cells of Lilium longiflorum by cycloheximide at the time of chiasma initiation and formation suggest that in the sequential phases of nuclear development, complete chiasma suppression resulting in achiasmate cells is attained prior to a quantitative reduction of chiasma frequency. Reduction of chiasma frequency and complete suppression are believed to be based on two different mechanisms.
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Sen, S.K., Kundu, S.C. Formation of chiasmata in the synchronous meiotic cycle of Lilium longiflorum . Chromosoma 64, 167–174 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327056
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