This figure is from a paper that was published in 1917. What did the author demonstrate by observing a large number of meiotic divisions where there was an unpaired chromosome ( 6 in the figure) and a heteromorphic pair ( 1 in the figure)? a) The author was the first to demonstrate that chromosomes move to the spindle poles during meiosis. This was the first time that a microscope was used to observe chromosomes in the cells that form gametes. The author used these chromosomes with different shapes to arrive at the terms "centromere" and "telomere", since the unpaired chromosome is in the center of the figure and the heteromorphic pair are at one end. The author observed that the unpaired chromosome always segregated with the same non-identical chromosomes. This was cytological evidence that chromosomes do not assort independently in the first meiotic division. The author saw that the unpaired chromosome segregated with either of the non-identical chromosomes, and it did so with equal frequency. This was early cytological evidence that chromosomes assort independently in the first meiotic division..