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Chapter 4, Problem 15P
One of the first microscopic observations of chromosomes in cell division was published in 1905 by Nettie Stevens. Because it was hard to reproduce photographs at the time, she recorded these observations as camera lucida sketches. One such drawing, of a completely normal cell division in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor, is shown here. The techniques of the time were relatively unsophisticated by today’s standards, and they did not allow her to resolve chromosomal structures that must have been present.
| a. | Describe in as much detail as possible the kind of cell division and the stage of division depicted in the drawing. |
| b. | What chromosomal structure(s) cannot be resolved in the drawing? |
| c. | How many chromosomes are present in normal Tenebrio molitor gametes? |
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