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this is the pachytene stage. The filaments then 

 begin to unravel (Fig. 62, 6-7), become distributed 



Fig. 62, — Prophases of the heterotype division in the male Axolotl. 

 1, nucleus of spermogonium, or young spermocyte ; 2, early lepto- 

 tene ; 3, transition to synaptene ; 4. synaptene with the double 

 filaments converging towards the centrosome ; 6, contraction fig- 

 ure ; 6, 7, pachytene ; 8, early ; 9, later diplotene ; 10, the hetero- 

 typic double chromosomes ; the nuclear membrane is disappearing. 

 (From Jenkinson, 1913.) 



throughout the nucleus, and finally split into two 

 threads (Fig. 62, 8-9) ; this is the diplotene stage. 

 The pairs of filaments finally shorten and thicken, 



