Annals of Botany 37: 423-425, 1973
© 1973 Annals of Botany Company
RESEARCH-ARTICLE |
Chromosome Number and Morphology in Vacuolaria virescens (Chloromonadophyceae)
Department of Plant Biology and Microbiology, Queen Mary College, University of London
Received: 16 June 1972
Vacuolaria virescens Cienk. has a chromosome number of 97±2. At metaphase these range in size between small dot-like chromosomes 1 um in diameter to rod-shaped structures 12 µm long. Centromeres and less densely stained regions of chromosomes are recognizable.