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Polytene Chromosomes

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Structure and Function of Eukaryotic Chromosomes

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 14))

Abstract

The chromosomal nature of the „Kernschleifen“ in Diptera had been established in the 1930’s (Heitz and Bauer 1933; Painter 1933, 1934; King and Beams 1934; Koltzoff 1934). During the subsequent 10 years these giant chromosomes or polytene chromosomes were intensively used to answer classical cytogenetic and genetic questions. At the beginning of the 1950’s, a new era of polytene chromosome research was inaugurated by W. Beermann’s fundamental work on chromosome structure and function (Bauer and Beermann 1952; Beermann 1950, 1952 a, b, 1955). A tremendous number of publications appeared during the following decades, dealing with various aspects of polytene chromosomes in different tissues of different organisms (Beermann 1962, 1972 a; Ashburner 1970; Crick 1971; Lefevre 1974 a, b; Sorsa 1974 a, b, 1976; Zhimulev 1975 a; Ashburner and Berendes 1978; Spradling and Rubin 1981; Zhimulev et al. 1983; Eissenberg et al. 1985; Lefevre and Watkins 1986).

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