Spindle Abnormalities in Mentha
- 1 December 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Botanical Gazette
- Vol. 104 (2), 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1086/335131
Abstract
A study was made of meiosis in M. spicata, M. piperita, and several of their interspecific hybrids regarding the transmission and behavior of a gene-determined abnormality which upsets spindle development in the pollen mother cells. Abnormalities were associated with variations in the structure and time of development of the spindle. In M. spicata, 50% of the pollen mother cells showed the abnormality but the range of variation was narrow. M. piperita showed no spindle abnormalities. All of the hybrids showed it, but in a varying % of the cells. The range of variation was wide. The abnormality appears to be controlled by a partial dominant gene.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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