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GERM-CELL CYCLE IN ANIMALS 



end which we have called the pole-plasm, and ap- 

 parently all of the pole-plasm, together with this 



cM p 



Fig. 17. — Miastor americana. Longitudinal section of egg with one 

 germ cell {p.g.c.) and nuclei undergoing chromatin-diminution pro- 

 cess, c = cytoplasm ; cM p = chromosome middle plate ; cR = 

 chromatin remains. 



nucleus, is then cut off from the egg (Fig. 17). This 

 cell, as has been conclusively proven by studies of 



