“…Nevertheless other authors refer to the diffuse stage as a special stage within the meiotic cycle (Moens 1964, Ghidoni 1967, Lu 1967, Pijnacker 1967, Peacock 1968, Nagl 1969, Whelan and Hornby 1969, Barry 1969, Lu and Raju 1970, Pogosianz 1970, Klasterska 1971, Lacadena and Vazquez 1971, Owens and Molder 1971, Kezer and Macgregor 1971, Koch et al, 1972, Baker and Franchi 1972, Zickler 1973, Jones 1973Sotelo et al 1973;... See reviews by Klasterska 1976Klasterska , 1977. Not all the authors locate the diffuse stage between the same phases, although the majority place it between pachytene and diplotene.…”