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Studies on plant tumors and polyploidy produced by bacteria and other agents

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    A comparative morphological, histological, and cytological study of the tumors caused by Bacterium tumefaciens, spontaneous tumors on hydrid plants and of the tumors produced by various chemicals is presented.

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    Some physiological moments have been also considered.

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    The tumors produced by Bacterium tumefaciens are similar in structure to the spontaneous tumors on hybrid plants and to those produced by various chemicals.

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    Bacterium tumefaciens causes polyploidy, therefore it is considered as an important agent participating in the process of the origin of species.

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    An attempt is made to interprete the etiology of tumors in connection with the studies presented here and in consideration of some previous investigations.

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  1. At. pr. t. Genetic Laboratory, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, Russia, USSR

    Dontcho Kostoff & James Kendall

  2. Department of Biology, College of the City of New York, New York, USA

    Dontcho Kostoff & James Kendall

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Kostoff, D., Kendall, J. Studies on plant tumors and polyploidy produced by bacteria and other agents. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 4, 487–508 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00407557

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