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The replication and division of polynemic chromosomes
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The replication and division of polynemic chromosomes

  • C D Darlington1 &
  • Ashraful Haque1 

Heredity volume 24, pages 273–280 (1969)Cite this article

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Darlington, C., Haque, A. The replication and division of polynemic chromosomes. Heredity 24, 273–280 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1969.32

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