PMID- 31583656 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201211 LR - 20231213 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 2061 DP - 2020 TI - Cytological Techniques to Study Cytomixis in Plant Male Meiosis. PG - 117-129 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9818-0_9 [doi] AB - In this chapter we describe cytological techniques to study cytomixis, a process of nuclear migration between plant cells, in squashed plant male meiocytes of Nicotiana tabacum and Secale cereale. To perform immunostaining or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on meiotic cells involved in cytomixis common protocols are modified. During preparation of specimens for subsequent cytological analysis, it is necessary not only to make DNA and proteins accessible to DNA probes and antibodies, but also to preserve cell cytoplasm. There are also some important modifications in the protocols applied for meiocytes of different plant species. Here we describe protocols for immunostaining and FISH in rigid tobacco male meiocytes with dense cytoplasm and thick callose wall, that tolerate hard squashing, and in soft rye male meiocytes, that are easily damaged upon squashing, both to study cytomixis. FAU - Mursalimov, Sergey R AU - Mursalimov SR AD - Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. mursalimovsr@gmail.com. FAU - Sidorchuk, Yuriy V AU - Sidorchuk YV AD - Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. FAU - Deineko, Elena V AU - Deineko EV AD - Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 SB - IM MH - *Cytogenetic Analysis/methods MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - *Meiosis MH - Plant Cells MH - Plants/*genetics MH - Nicotiana/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytomixis OT - Immunolocalization OT - Meiosis OT - Rye OT - Tobacco EDAT- 2019/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9818-0_9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2020;2061:117-129. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9818-0_9.