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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 75, Issue 1 85-92, Copyright © 1985 by Company of Biologists

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Interlocked bivalents in reconstructed metaphase I cells of bread wheat

JS Heslop-Harrison and MD Bennett

Complete reconstructions of all the bivalents were made from electron micrographs of serial sections through six pollen mother cells at metaphase I of meiosis in Triticum aestivum (hexaploid bread wheat). At least two of these metaphases contained interlocked pairs of bivalents. In one, two ring bivalents were interlocked, while in another a rod bivalent ran through the centre of a ring bivalent. Two other groups of bivalents were too closely appressed to allow separation into individual bivalents and may have contained interlocks. Meiosis in other anthers of the same plants examined by light microscopy was considered normal. The frequency of interlocking found was much higher than reported from light-microscope spreads. Not all interlocks in metaphase I cells need adversely affect meiosis, but knowledge of their regularity and form may facilitate understanding the processes of chromosome pairing.


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