Abstract

By using a modified Giemsa staining technique, which is thought to indicate the presence of repetitive DNA, pericentric heterochromatin was stained in the chromosomes of two plant species, Plantago ovata and Allium cepa. Apparently in plants, just as in animals, there is a tendency for constitutive heterochromatin and repetitive DNA to associate with chromosome centromeres.

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