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The polytene chromosomes were discovered...

The polytene chromosomes were discovered for the first time in

A

Drosophila

B

Chironomus

C

Musca nebulo

D

Musca domestica

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B
Polytene chromosomes were first time discovered by the Italian cytologist EG Balbiani (1881) in the salivary gland cells of Chironomus larva.
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