The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 9, 181-189,
Copyright © 1925 by The Rockefeller University Press
A MICRO DISSECTION OF THE PACHYTENE THREADS OF TRADESCANTIA VIRGINICA L. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON SOME ASPECTS OF MITOSIS
Harold C. Sands 1
1 From the Botanical Laboratory of Columbia University, New York
A micro dissection of the pachytene threads of Tradescantia virginica L. shows that the relation of the chromosomes is a matter of continuous linkage in a chain and that, undoubtedly, division and segregation are everywhere processes of abstriction with subsequent mechanical distribution of the elements.
Accepted on July 23, 1925