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Meiosis VI: A reinterpretation of tritium thymidine labelling of meiotic chromosomes, supporting the chiasmatype hypothesis

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Re-examination of data relating chiasmata per bivalent to tritium thymidine switch points per chromatid in male grasshoppers suggests that they are consistent with the chiasmatype hypothesis: that the number of chiasmata is equal to the number of crossover exchanges.

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Douglas, L.T., Kroes, H.W. Meiosis VI: A reinterpretation of tritium thymidine labelling of meiotic chromosomes, supporting the chiasmatype hypothesis. Genetica 40, 503–507 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01787374

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