Ar. Carter, CHROMOSOME OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO BISPORE PRODUCTION IN GELIDIUM-PRISTOIDES (GELIDIALES, RHODOPHYTA), Botanica marina, 36(3), 1993, pp. 253-256
Chromosome counts of bispore and carpospore germlings of Gelidium pris
toides, during mitotic metaphase, were n = 13-17, 2n = 28-33, respecti
vely. This confirms that bispore production in the species is the prod
uct of normal meiosis in the sporophyte generation, and analogous to t
etraspores seen in most other members of the Gelidiales.