Figure 3From: Flower development, pollen fertility and sex expression analyses of three sexual phenotypes of Coccinia grandisMetaphase chromosomes of C. grandis . Mitotic metaphase chromosomes showing 2n =24 chromosomes of male (A) (arrow indicates the large Y chromosome), female (B) and gynomonoecious (GyM) (C) plants. Meiotic metaphase chromosomes showing 12 bivalents of male (D) (arrow indicates end to end pairing of X and Y chromosomes), gynomonoecious (GyM) (E) plants. Scale bar =5 μm.Back to article page