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TETRAPLOIDY was induced in our 2-chromosome control strain by treatment with acenaphthene1. As an off-shoot of this experiment, we were able to isolate a top yeast, BY 2, which was diploid but had a pair of unequal chromosomes2. This inequality rendered it possible to offer critical evidence3 for mitosis in yeasts.
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ROYAN, S., SUBRAMANIAM, M. Critical Evidence for Somatic Doubling of Chromosomes in a Top Yeast. Nature 169, 932 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169932a0
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