Table 1.

Bud sizes and meiotic stages in diploid and tetraploid A. arenosa.

Bud size (mm)	Diploid (meiotic stage)	Tetraploid (meiotic stage)
0.65	G2	G2
0.7	G2 and leptotene	G2 and leptotene
0.75	Leptotene	Leptotene and zygotene
0.8	Leptotene–pachytene	Leptotene and zygotene
0.85	Diakinesis–tetrad	Zygotene and pachytene
0.9	Diakinesis–tetrad	Zygotene–MI
0.95	Metaphase I–tetrad	Pachytene–MII
1.0	Metaphase I–pollen	Pachytene–tetrad
1.1	Pollen	Tetrad
1.2	Pollen	Pollen