Variations in Mitosis 

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131 

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Chapter 6. Mechanics and Physiology of Cell Division 137 



The Mitotic Cycle 138 



Active Mitosis 139 



Synthetic Phase 139 



Antephase 140 



Spindle Mechanism 140 



Elastic Fibers 143 



Electrostatic Forces 144 



Hydrodynamics 1 44 



Tactoids 144 



Other Forces 144 



Synapsis and Chiasma Formation 152 



Torsion Theory 152 



Duplication Theory 153 



Classical Theory 154 



Differential Contraction Theory 154 



Energetics of Cell Division 155 



Bibliography 1 60 



Chapter 7. The Chromosome Coiling Cycle 

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164 



172 



Chapter 8. Cytogenetics 



174 



Changes in Chromosome Number 174 



Polyploidy 1 74 



/« P/fln?5 177 



/n Animals 178 



Aneuploidy 179 



Variations Within an Organism 180 



Changes in Chromosome Structure 181 



Duplication and Deletion 1 82 



Inversions 182 



Translocations 185 



Cytology of Sex Determination 189 



Cytogenetics and the Fine Structure of Cells 190 



Bibliography 191 



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