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Table 1 Meiotic configurations at metaphase-I and anaphase-I in the parents of the Borli population.

From: A saturated SSR/DArT linkage map of Musa acuminata addressing genome rearrangements among bananas

  

Number of PMCs scored

Metaphase-I configurations

Cell configuration

M. acuminata'Borneo'

M. acuminata'P. Lilin'

A

11 II

13

4

B

10 II + 2 I

1

3

C

9 II + 1 III + 1I

-

9

D

9 II + 1 IV (open)

1*

1**

E

8 II + 2 III

3

-

F

8 II + 1 VI

1

-

G

8 II + 1 I + 1 V

1

-

H

7 II + 1 I + 1 III + 1 IV

1

-

Anaphase-I configurations

   

I

11/11 chromosomes

2

-

J

10/10 chromosomes + 1 bridge

-

1

Total no. of cells scored

 

21

17

  1. I: monovalent - II: bivalent -- III: trivalent -- IV: tetravalent -- V: pentavalent -- VI: hexavalent.
  2. *: IV open X shape; ** IV open Y shape. PMC: Pollen Mother Cells