THE CHROMOSOME MECHANISM 



Fig. 3. — The chromosome life cycle in sexually reproducing organisms showing the 

 alternation of haploid and diploid phases of different duration according to the 

 relative position of meiosis and fertilization. Of the three pairs of chromosomes the 

 longest bears the nucleolar organizer. P, M, A, T: pro-, meta-, ana-, and telo-phase. 



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