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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XV. 
Fig. 1. Nucleus in synapsis showing extrusion of ‘chromatin’ into an adjacent cell, x 1,050. 
Fig. 2. Nucleus in synapsis showing extrusion of ‘chromatin’ into an adjacent cell. Note 
‘ chromatin ’ concentration in the largest extruded mass, x 900. 
Fig. 3. Nucleus in synapsis showing excessive ‘chromatin’ extrusion. Note the isolated 
‘ chromatin bodies’, x 1,200. 
Fig. 4. Nucleus coming out of synapsis; shows early stage of ‘ chromatin ’ extrusion. Note 
vacuolate nucleolus. ’ x 1,000. 
Fig. 5. Nucleus in synapsis showing extrusion of ‘chromatin’. Note ‘secondary processes’ 
protruded from the larger ‘ bodies ’. x 1,200. 
Fig. 6. Nucleus in the ‘hollow spireme’ stage showing extrusion of ‘chromatin’, x 1,000, 
