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The significance of colchicine from Colchicum autumnale L. for the induction of polyploidy in nature

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No plants with an abnormally high chromosome number were found among 308 plants studied from within old colonies ofColchicum autumnale L.

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  1. Laboratory of Genetics, Agr. Univ. Wageningen, Netherlands

    J. Sybenga

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Study conducted in 1951 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Landbouwkundig Ingenieur (equivalent to Master of Science). Prepared for publication Nov. 1955.

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Sybenga, J. The significance of colchicine from Colchicum autumnale L. for the induction of polyploidy in nature. Genetica 28, 217–222 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694320

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