Meiosis and Mitosis

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents, Volume I

Contents, Volume II

Contents, Volumes IV and V


1. Meiosis

I. Introduction

II. Meiotic Behavior of Chromosomes

III. Anomalous Meiotic Behavior in Organisms with Localized Centromeres

IV. The Nature of the Synaptic Force

V. The Mechanism of Crossing Over

VI. The Relationship of Chiasmata to Crossing Over and Metaphase Pairing

VII. Reductional versus Equational Disjunction

VIII. Meiotic Behavior in Forms with Nonlocalized Centromeres

References


2. Mitosis and the Physiology of Cell Division

I. Introduction

II. The Plan of Cell Reproduction

III. The Preparations for Mitosis

IV. The Transition Period

V. The Time Course of Mitosis

VI. The Mobilization of the Mitotic Apparatus

VII. Metakinesis: The First Movement of the Chromosomes

VIII. The Engagement of the Chromosomes: Metaphase

IX. The Mitotic Apparatus

X. Anaphase

XI. Telophase Problems

XII. Cytokinesis

XIII. Physiology of the Dividing Cell

XIV. Physiological Reproduction

XV. Mitotic Rhythms and Experimental Synchronization

XVI. Blockage and Stimulation of Division

References

Author Index

Subject Index