Meiosis in Triticum aestivum × Elytrigia repens hybrids

Abstract
The average meiotic configuration in Triticum aestivum .times. Elytrigia repens hybrids was 31.95 I + 4.97 II + 0.03 IV per cell. Chromosome synapsis was likely due to autosyndesis between chromsomes of the S genomes and not due to intergenomic homology.