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 ... were sectioned and the chromosomes counted in the dividing cells of the egg-follicle (Female somatic cells), and in dividing oogonia. In both cases 20 large chromosomes were found. Figure 207 is the equatorial plate from a female somatic cell of a young egg-follicle. Figure 208 a and b shows two sections of an oogonium in the prophase of mitosis. In order to determine the number and character of the chromosomes in the male somatic cells, several male pupae were sectioned. As in the spermatogonia, ...
— Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) • Nettie Maria Stevens |
