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THE THEORY OF THE GENE 



In the germ-track of the male and female the fragmen- 

 tation does not seem to take place, or if it does the pieces 

 rejoin before the maturation stage. 



The best evidence that the male bee is a haplont, or at 

 least that its germ-cells are haploid, is found in the be- 



a 



d e f g 



Fig. 86. 

 The two maturation divisions of the germ-cells of the male of the 

 honey bee. (After Meves.) 



havior of the cells at the maturation divisions. The first 

 division is abortive (Fig. 86, a, b). An imperfect spindle 

 forms in connection with 8 chromosomes. A piece of the 

 protoplasm constricts off without chromatin. A second 

 spindle develops and the chromosomes divide (Fig. 86, 

 d-g), presumably by splitting lengthwise, and the daugh- 



