Polytene Chromosome Structure in Relation to the “Folded Fibre” Concept

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Author informationAuthors and Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California

E. J. DuPRAW

Department of Genetics, University of California, Davis, California

PETER M. M. RAE

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