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A critical analysis of karyotype and meiosis ofBowiea volubilis Harv. showed normal bivalent formation with considerable irregularities in meiosis. Asynchrony is manifested to a significant extent within the anther where the range is between pollen grains and early stages of pollen mother cells.
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Jha, S., Sen, S. An analysis of somatic and meiotic behaviour of chromosomes ofBowiea volubilis HARV.. Biol Plant 26, 299–302 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902912
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902912