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Polytene or giant chromosomes are found is

A

Salivary glands of man

B

Salivary glands of woman

C

Salivary glands of all animals

D

Salivary glands of Drosophila

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(d) Polytene chromosomes are multistranded giant chromosomes which are formed by somatic pairing of homologous chromosomes and their repeated replication or endoduplication to form 1000 (e.g. salivary of gland of Drosophila ) to 16000 (e.g. chironomous ) chromonemata .
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