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University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a collegiate public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.&nbsp;Within India it is recognized as a &quot;Five-Star University&quot; and accredited &quot;A&quot; Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

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The University of Calcutta has secured the Fifth position among the Universities of India in the prestigious &quot;Indian University Ranking 2019&quot; list, released by the NIRF of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

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It was established on 24 January 1857, and was one of the first institutions in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and Western-style university. Its alumni and faculty include several heads of state, heads of government, social reformers, prominent artists, only academy award winner and Dirac medal winner in India, many Fellows of the Royal Society and five Nobel laureates as of 2019 which is highest in South Asia.

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An investigation on the karyotype of the genus Crinum and its phylogeny

Genetica

From the study of somatic chromosomes of Dracaena metallica Hort., which shows a high degree of variation in chromosome number, and which is propagated exclusively by vegetative means, it is clear that the chromosome numbers have got some common characteristics in all the offshoots. Counting of a large number of plates in the root tips of different offshoots shows the repetition of almost similar types of chromosome numbers which tend to remain as multiples of 7. In spite of this homogeneity in the offshoots, differences in the tendencies of variation were noticed, particularly in the occurrence of the most frequent chromosome numbers. In the long run, such differences may lead to the production of new species having distinct chromosome complements. © 1971 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Journal	Genetica
Publisher	Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague/Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISSN	0016-6707