Vol. 48 (2006), N 6, p. 486-494
DIAGNOSTICUM OF ABNORMALITIES OF PLANT MEIOTIC DIVISION

N. V. Shamina

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk;
e-mail: shamina@bionet.nsc.ru

Abnormalities of plant meiotic division leading to abnormal meiotic products are summarized schematically in the paper. Causes of formation of monads, abnormal diads, triads, pentads, polyads, etc. have been observed in meiosis with both successive and simultaneous cytokinesis.

Key words:  meiosis, cytoskeleton, division spindle, phragmoplast, cell plate, plant cell division, monads, polyads


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