Abstract
A CYTOLOGICAL search for a sex chromosome mechanism in Myristica fragrans, the common nutmeg tree, has revealed some meiotic peculiarities. Mitotic metaphase counts in this admittedly unfavourable material usually gave a number of 44 small, more or less isodiametric elements. This is at variance with the results of Simmonds1, who found 42 chromosomes.
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FLACH, M. Diffuse Centromeres in a Dicotyledonous Plant. Nature 209, 1369–1370 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091369b0
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