Research Article
DOI:
xxx-xxxx-xxx
Subject:
science
KeyWords:
cytomixis, chromatin migration, cytomictic channel, microsporogenesis
Abstract:
A review of cytomixis, a cytological anomaly mostly prevalent during microsporogenesis in flowering plants, is given. The phenomenon is more prevalent in genetically, physiologically and biochemically imbalanced plants such as, haploids, aneuploids, triploids, hybrids and apomicts. There are conflicting opinions and explanations regarding the causes and significance of cytomixis. Recent evidences suggest that it is a natural genetically controlled phenomenon influenced by physiological and environmental factors, and the anomaly may have some evolutionary significance
