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M. Navashin

1934.1.30CYTOLOGIA

DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.5.169

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The present writer began a series of caryo logical investigations on interspecific Crepis hybrids with the prin cipal aim to compare the specific chromosomes under exactly equal conditions of the common hybrid cell.

Abstract

Several years ago the present writer began a series of caryo logical investigations on interspecific Crepis hybrids with the prin cipal aim to compare the specific chromosomes under exactly equal conditions of the common hybrid cell. It was a great surprise to find (M. Navashin, 1927) that the chromosomes of two or more dif ferent species brought together by hybridization in certain specific combinations suffer striking alterations of their individuality. This

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NAVASHIN, M. Chromosome alterations caused by hybridization and their bearing upon certain general genetic problems. CYTOLOGIA, 1934, 5: 169–203.