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THE physio-chemical nature of chromosomes and chromosomal spindle fibres isolated by micrurgy is being studied by enzyme disruption of these structures, recorded by phase contrast cinematography.
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HOSKINS, G. Sensitivity of Micrurgically Removed Chromosomal Spindle Fibres to Enzyme Disruption. Nature 217, 748–750 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217748a0
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