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Chiasmata have no effect on fertility

Heredity (1974) 33(3) 423-428
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1974.111
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The hypothesis that most gametes are rendered incapable of fertilisation owing to errors of crossing over is examined and found to have no reliable basis. The general high fertility of eggs is sufficient evidence to refute the hypothesis. © 1974 The Genetical Society of Great Britain. All Rights Reserved.

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Wallace, H. (1974). Chiasmata have no effect on fertility. Heredity, 33(3), 423–428. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.111

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