A unified theory of chromosome behaviour thereby arises which seems adequately to explain the mechanism of both mitosis and meiosis, including the varied behaviour of univalents in the latter.

Meiosis is the generation of germ cells (eggs and sperm). In meiosis, DNA replication is followed by two division cycles: meiosis I, which segregates homologous chromosomes and meiosis II, which ...

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New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to bounce off one another, like bumper cars, protecting them from being damaged ...

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