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4 The giant banded chromosomes of the saHvary glands of the 

 larva of the fly, Drosophila melanogaster. In these chromosomes the 

 threads have multiplied side by side so that the final chromosome 

 consists of many similar threads lying alongside each other. (Photo- 

 graph by Dr O. G. Fahmy) 



