Research Article

Meiotic Studies in Some Species of Tribe Cichorieae (Asteraceae) from Western Himalayas

Table 3

Data on cytomixis and meiotic course in the studied populations of tribe Cichorieae from Western Himalayas.

Accession number CytomixisMeiotic course
PMCs involved (% age)Number of PMCs involved (%)PMCs with chromosomal stickiness at M-I (%)PMCs with unoriented bivalents at M-I (%)PMC with bridges (at A-I, II/T-I, II) (%)PMCs with laggards (at A-I, II/T-I, II) (%)

527600.8 (10/125)1-23.10 (4/129)7.20 (9/125)10.08 (12/114)10.56 (13/123)
527633.96 (8/126)1-25.50 (6/109)2.30 (3/130)4.31 (6/139)1.55 (2/129)
5277411.71 (13/111)2–411.57 (14/121)13.79 (16/118)26.95 (38/141)10.44 (14/134)
527642.4 (3/125)1-24.0 (5/125)—/—4.0 (5/125)—/—
585625.4 (6/111)1-23.17 (4/126)2.70 (3/111)—/——/—
57504—/—00.82 (1/121)1.80 (2/111)4.50 (5/111)0.82 (1/121)
52776—/—01.66 (2/120)—/——/——/—
575102.77 (4/144)1-23.47 (5/144)2.0 (3/144)—/——/—
58534—/—0—/——/——/——/—
585351.0 (1/97)1-211.34 (11/97)6.1 (6/97)7.21 (7/97)2.06 (2/97)
526874.35 (5/144)2-35.50 (6/109)8.39 (11/131)3.84 (8/130)10.08 (12/114)
526931.78 (2/112)1-27.20 (9/125)—/—3.10 (4/129)3.84 (8/130)
5749129.91 (35/117)2–616.28 (21/129)13.79 (16/116)12.5 (17/136)10.44 (14/134)
575032.43 (3/123)1-22.30 (3/130)—/——/——/—
575051.72 (2/160)1-21.37 (2/145)2.38 (3/126)1.16 (2/125)3.25 (4/123)
52768—/—0—/——/——/——/—
527730.88 (1/113)1-23.53 (4/113)1.76 (2/113)5.30 (6/113)1.76 (2/113)
57500—/—0—/——/——/——/—
577711.61 (2/124)1-21.62 (2/123)—/——/——/—

Figures in parenthesis denote observed number of abnormal PMCs in the numerator and total PMCs observed in the denominator.