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The duration of the cell generation, the chronology, and the pattern of chromosome duplication was studied in the bone marrow of Gallus domesticus. The duration of the phases of the cell cycle is: cell generation 17.5 hours, S period 9 hours. G2 period plus prophase stage 2.5 hours, G1 period 6 hours. Chromosome replication begins at many sites. During middle S it extends to the whole complement and finally finishes in small, late replicating regions of the macrochromosomes. Interchromosomal asynchrony of duplication at the initiation or at the end of the S period was not observed. Z-chromosomes begin and finish DNA synthesis synchronously with the other macrochromosomes. The W-chromosome in females is the last microchromosome to finish replication. However it ends DNA synthesis at about the same time as the macrochromosomes. Similarities and differences between chromosome replication in Aves and Mammalia are considered.
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Bianchi, N.O., Molina, O.J. Chronology and pattern of replication in the bone marrow chromosomes of Gallus domesticus. Chromosoma 21, 387–397 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00336949
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