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THE treatment of gene and chromosome theory was on a far more analytical plane than ever before. Thus, the multiform variations of behaviour of chromosomes at meiosis, and the rules governing these variations, were shown by Darlington to trace back to variations in two primary factors: the region (centric or telic) in which pairing begins, and the time limit set to the pairing process; normally, these must be adapted to each other, so that a mixing of two systems tends to disturb the balance.
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MULLER, H. Gene and Chromosome Theory*. Nature 144, 814–816 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144814a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144814a0