First report of meiotic chromosome number and karyotype analysis of an accession of Trigonella balansae (Leguminosae)

Abstract

This study represents the first report of the number of meiotic chromosomes and morphology of the mitotic chromosomes of Trigonella balansae. The haploid complement of chromosomes of T. balansae consists of eight chromosomes (2n = 16). Of these, only the satellited chromosome and possibly a subtelocentric chromosome are identifiable. The remaining six chromosomes of each haploid chromosome complement cannot be reliably identified using arm ratio or relative length measurements.