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Genes and Chromosomes

Duration: 33

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Explains how the sciences of heredity and breeding fuse together with the science of microbiology. Reviews mitosis and its action in genes and chromosomes and genes in producing different germ cells. Covers the work of Sutton and Boveri, and Margon, Sturdevant, and Bridges with linkage, crossing-over, and gene mapping. Demonstrates the preparation of a slide of the giant chromosomes from the salivary gland of a fruit fly larva and points out the location of several factors on these chromosomes.

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