title: Cytomixis--a unique phenomenon in animal and plant.
abstract: Cytomixis is reported to be a uniform phenomenon in the context of fertilization during spermatogenesis of animals and in some lower groups of plants where oogamous reproduction prevails. However, the phenomenon is versatile in flowering taxa as it lacks uniformity in occurrences, causes, formation of intercellular bridges, involvement of number of cells in a cluster, evolutionary significance among others. A review on cytomixis is conducted with an objective that it may offer a scope to unravel some of the ambiguities associated with it and provide further information on cell, reproductive, structural and evolutionary biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Cytogenetics, Genetics and Plant Breeding Section, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Aninda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Animesh K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Benoy K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Mohsina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology*