@article{Ramanpreet_Chand Gupta_2019, title={Meiotic studies in genus Withania Pauquy, from Indian Thar Desert}, volume={72}, url={https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/caryologia/article/view/247}, DOI={10.13128/cayologia-247}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">Detailed male meiosis has been made in two species of genus <em>Withania</em> collected from desert regions of Rajasthan, India. The study revealed 2<em>n</em>=48 for both the species. The meiotic analysis of <em>W. somnifera</em> is reported to be normal whereas, <em>W. coagulans</em> showed abnormal meiosis with the presence of abnormalities like spindle irregularities, chromatin transfer, laggards and irregular microsporogensis with the presence of monads, dyads, triads, polyads and tetrads with micronuclei which further lowered the pollen fertility and giving rise to varying size pollen grains. Both the species are widely used for various medicinal purposes by local/tribal people of the state.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Caryologia}, author={Ramanpreet, AAVV and Chand Gupta, Raghbir}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={15–21} }