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Comparative analysis of chiasma frequencies and terminalization in five species of Chlorophytum suggested total number of chiasmata per PMC to be maximum in C. glaucum and minimum in C. laxum possibly due to polyploid nature of the species.
Close correspondence of mean number of chiasmata per bivalent and mean bivalent length per unit chiasma suggested least linear differentiation as observed in C. laxum and C. tuberosum. Reverse situation observed in C. glaucum indicated non-random distribution or stationary chiasmata with relatively more linear differentiation. This has been further confirmed from the stationary interstitial chiasmata at both diplotene/diakinesis and metaphase I stages.
