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ACCOUNTS have been given by the senior author1,2,3 of a series of ‘hormonal' responses of plants and animals to the polyploidogenic agent colchicine. He has also repeatedly pointed out that such effects were, as often as not, independent of the polyploidizing action of the alkaloid. Other authors have come to similar conclusions4,5,6.
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HAVAS, L., KAHÁN, J. Hormone-Mimetic and other Responses of the Silkworm (BOMBYX MORI L.) to Some Polyploidogenic Agents-. Nature 161, 570–571 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161570a0
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