Ultrastructural aspects of chromatin elimination in hybrid embryos of Hordeum

Abstract

Chromatin elimination was observed in hybrid embryos of Hordeum as incorporation of single chromosomes into tiny vacuoles-lysomes and as fragmentation of interphase nuclei: The latter process led mostly to the formation of micronuclei which underwent gradual degradation.

Keywords

• Hordeum hybrids
• chromatin elimination
• embryo ultrastructure