Hovanitz, William (1956) Cytological demonstration of the helical structure of giant chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 42 (9). pp. 609-613. ISSN 0027-8424. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:HOVpnas56
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Alverdes(1) as long ago as 1912 interpreted the bands of the giant chromosomes found by Balbiani(2) in Chironomus as the result of spiralization. Later, Kaufmann,(3) applying plant-chromosome techniques to Drosophila giant chromosomes, concluded that the discoid or discontinuous appearance of these chromosomes was an expression of inadequate technique and that a spiral structure was the more accurate. Nevertheless, the discontinuous structure appeared to fit genetic data more easily.
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