Plant speciation and diversification strongly rely on structural changes in the nuclear
genome, both at the whole ploidy and individual chromosome level. Phylogenetic …

The phenomenon of intercellular migration of nuclei in plant tissues (cytomixis) was
discovered over a century ago, which has been followed by numerous attempts to clarify the …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Polyploidy is an important evolutionary phenomenon but the mechanisms by which
polyploidy arises still remain underexplored. There may be an environmental component to …

We report the occurrence of cytomixis in wild populations of Himalayan poppy (Meconopsis
aculeata Royle), which is considered to be an important and threatened medicinal plant …

The migration of nuclei between plant cells (cytomixis) is a mysterious cellular phenomenon
frequently observable in the male meiosis of higher plants. Cytomixis attracts attention …

Genome doubling (polyploidization) has played a major role in the evolution and
diversification of the plant kingdom and is regarded as an important mechanism of …

Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae) is a leaf vegetable and a medicinal herb througout much
of Asia. Cytomixis and meiotic abnormalities during microsporogenesis were found in two …

Polyploidy, which is thought to have played an important role in plant evolution and
speciation, is prevalent in Chrysanthemum (x= 9). In fact, polyploid series are known in C …

Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) is an aromatic shrub recently described as a new tropical
polyploid species with five distinct chromosome numbers (2 n= 30, 38, 45, 60, and 90) with 2 …