Figures & data
Figure 1. Map showing the surveyed localities of Aconitum heterophyllum from Kashmir and Ladakh Himalayas.
Table 1. Information on populations with locality (geographical coordinates and altitude), nature of meiotic course and habitat of the investigated populations of Aconitum heterophyllum from Kashmir and Ladakh Himalayas.
Table 2. Intra-population morphological variations in A. heterophyllum from Kashmir and Ladakh Himalayas.
Figure 2. (a–c) PMCs at metaphase-I (2n = 16); (d–f) PMCs at different stages of meiosis depicting cytomixis (arrows showing transfer of chromatin in d and e); (e) hyperploid (I) and empty (II) PMCs; (f) PMCs with fragmented chromatin (double arrowed PMCs); (g) PMC at metaphase-I showing chromatin stickiness; (h) PMC at metaphase-I with unoriented bivalents (arrowed); (i) PMC at anaphase-I showing chromosomal laggards (arrowed); (j) PMC at anaphase-I showing chromosomal bridge (arrowed); (k) PMC at telophase II exhibiting five poles; (l) diad with micronuclei (arrowed); (m) a triad; (n) tetrad with micronuclei (arrowed); (o) fertile (double arrowed) and sterile (single arrowed) pollen grains; (p) smaller (arrowed) and large sized pollen grains. Scale= 10 μm.
