Karyomorphological Investigation of Three Populations of Chara corallina var. and f. corallina in West Bengal

Abstract

A detailed karyomorphological investigation of three different populations of C. corallina var. and f. corallina from West Bengal was carried out following a new pretreatment schedule. All the populations showed n=42 chromosomes but differed in karyomorphological details like karyotype, length of chromosome, number of chromosomes with secondary constrictions, confirming that minute structural alterations have taken place in course of evolution.