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Cytological studies of the myxomycete ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

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Meiosis in Nigerian collections of Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa appears to be essentially normal, although good preparations of early stages were not obtained. All the collections examined (4 of round or oval-spored type, 2 of longspored type and 2 with mixed spores) had n=8. In two collections of the mixed-type and one of the round-spored type an association of four chromosomes was observed, indicating that these cultures were probably heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation.

Chromosome bridges were found sporadically, indicating the occasional occurrence of inversions.

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  1. Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

    Eva R. Sansome & P. A. Dixon

  2. the Birkbeck College, London

    Eva R. Sansome & P. A. Dixon

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Sansome, E.R., Dixon, P.A. Cytological studies of the myxomycete ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 52, 1–9 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409020

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