Frequency of ENs associated with SCs and AEs during zygotene for six plant species
| Total no. of bivalents (from no. of sets) | Length (μm) | No. of ENs | No. of ENs/μm SC (A) | No. of ENs/μm AE (B) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | SC | AE | Total (% syn) | SC | AE | Total (% on SC) | Ratio (A) to (B) | |||
| A. cepa | 3 (1) | 536.7 | 173.3 | 710.0 (76) | 206 | 10 | 216 (95) | 0.38 | 0.06 | 6.3 |
| C. betacae | 6 (5) | 205.1 | 117.7 | 322.8 (64) | 123 | 9 | 132 (93) | 0.60 | 0.08 | 7.5 |
| L. esculentum | 18 (9) | 266.8 | 163.8 | 430.6 (62) | 375 | 36 | 411 (91) | 1.41 | 0.22 | 6.4 |
| L. longiflorum | 3 (1) | 127.5 | 32.9 | 160.4 (79) | 205 | 19 | 224 (92) | 1.61 | 0.58 | 2.8 |
| P. nudum | 8 (4) | 195.8 | 127.5 | 323.3 (61) | 204 | 18 | 222 (92) | 1.04 | 0.14 | 7.4 |
| T. edwardsiana | 5 (5) | 139.2 | 48.6 | 187.8 (74) | 199 | 28 | 227 (88) | 1.43 | 0.58 | 2.5 |