Abstract
THE discovery that the chromosomes are the bearers of the hereditary units (genes) has led to a renewed interest in their study by cyto-logical methods. There has developed a vast literature, much of it based on correlated studies of cytology and experimental genetics. Dr. Darlington has worked through this literature, and has attempted in the larger of the two works under notice not only to describe the more important recent results but also to provide a unified general scheme of chromosome behaviour.
(1) Recent Advances in Cytology.
By Dr. C. D. Darlington. Pp. xviii + 559 + 8 plates. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1932.) 18s.
(2) Chromosomes and Plant-breeding.
By Dr. C. D. Darlington. Pp. xiv + 112. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1932.) 7s. 6d. net.
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STURTEVANT, A. (1) Recent Advances in Cytology (2) Chromosomes and Plant-breeding . Nature 131, 5–6 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131005a0
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