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Meiotic anomalies induced by x-rays inCapsicum annuum L.

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Biologia Plantarum

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Various types of meiotic anomalies in Mi generation such as multivalents, fragments, bridges, mioronuclei, polyads and in particular the multispindle formation, were observed after seed X-ray irradiation inCapsicum annuum L. As the dose increased there was a gradual increase in the number of aberrations.

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  1. Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Vidyaranyapuri-506009, Warangal (A.P.), India

    K. Subhash & J. Nizam

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Subhash, K., Nizam, J. Meiotic anomalies induced by x-rays inCapsicum annuum L.. Biol Plant 19, 381–382 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922737

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