Author:
Ashley Terry,Wagenaar E. B.
Abstract
In acetocarmine root-tip squashes, diploid cells of Ornithogalum virens in prophase exhibit configurations resulting from end-to-end associations of the six chromosomes. Homologues lie opposite one another in a ring. Prophase chromosomes of the autotretraploid cells likewise associate end-to-end; however, four homogues instead of two generally lie adjacent to one another and four (or eight) ends are often connected instead of the two (or four) found in diploid cells. Prophase chromosomes in a haploid pollen grain of a diploid form an open chain of three chromosomes, whereas in pollen from the autotetraploid balanced gametes form a configuration in which homologous pairs lie adjacent to one another and are attached end-to-end to other homologous pairs of nonhomologous chromosomes to form a chain. These observations are discussed in terms of the role telomeric associations may play in recognition and pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase. This recognition of homologues may occur as early as syngamy.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Cell Biology,Plant Science,Genetics
Cited by
48 articles.
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