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cytoplasm, which probably unite with nucleic acid in the nuclear 
juice to form a material analogous to chromatin, i.e. the blue stain- 
ing lanthanin granules precipitated by mercuric chloride. This 
material seems gradually to give up its nucleic acid to increase the 
chromatin, leaving a less acid material in the juice, which when 
Synthesis of Chromatin. 
Proteid of lymph becomes in cell nucleo-proteid 
Nucleo-proteid of cell. Nucleic acid of 
Lanthanin (Blue). 
precipitated with corrosive sublimate stains lilac, a tint inter- 
mediate between blue and red. Finally, also, this material becomes 
all converted into chromatin on the one hand and into a red stain- 
ing material on the other, which possibly passes to increase the 
size of the nucleolus, and may or may not be in sufficient quantity 
