Introductory data on meiotic structures in Allium senescens L. subsp. montanum (Pohl) Holub

  • Romuald Kosina Plant Speciation Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63-77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
  • Agnieszka Małecka Plant Speciation Group, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63-77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland

Abstract

Examples of zygotene chromosomal configurations in Allium senescens subsp. montanum are presented. Bivalents do not dominate in a zygotene stadium. Some bivalent segments show deletions. Also, tri- and tetravalents segments are observed. The conjugation of SAT-chromosome shows that a translocation has occurred in the SAT segment. In addition, univalents indicate that meiotic behaviour of the species is unstable.

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Zygotene chromosomal configurations in Allium senescens. Univalents (white arrows), bivalents (red arrows), and trivalent formation (black and green arrows), SAT-chromosome (blue arrows).
Published
2016-10-01
How to Cite
KOSINA, Romuald; MAŁECKA, Agnieszka. Introductory data on meiotic structures in Allium senescens L. subsp. montanum (Pohl) Holub. Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 10, n. Suppl., p. 21-24, oct. 2016. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/5>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.159040.
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