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Deoxyribonucleic Acid Content of the Nucleus and Nuclear Volume

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IT seems of interest to analyse if, in a given species, there is any relationship between the volume of the cell-nuclei and their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-content. Except within the same tissue, H. H. Swift1 denies the existence of such a relationship. Recent findings by G. Marinone2 in cells of different nature in hæmatopoietic organs are in agreement with this view. C. Leuchtenberger and F. Schrader3, however, conclude that even in the same organ—the liver of the white rat—no direct relationship exists between the nuclear volume and the DNA-content.

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  1. Laboratory of Human Anatomy and Belgian Centre of Normal and Pathological Growth, University of Ghent,

    J. FAUTREZ, E. PISI & G. CAVALLI

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FAUTREZ, J., PISI, E. & CAVALLI, G. Deoxyribonucleic Acid Content of the Nucleus and Nuclear Volume. Nature 176, 311–312 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176311a0

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